Hiji Domain
| Hiji Domain 日出藩 | |
|---|---|
| Domain of Japan | |
| 1600–1871 | |
 Yagura of Hiji Castle | |
 Mon of the Kinoshita clan
| |
| Capital | Hiji Castle |
| Area | |
| • Coordinates | 33°22′0.26″N 131°31′54.14″E / 33.3667389°N 131.5317056°E |
| Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1600 |
| 1871 | |
| Contained within | |
| • Province | Bungo Province |
| Today part of | Oita Prefecture |
Hiji Domain (日出藩, Hiji-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now central Ōita Prefecture. It was centered around Hiji Castle in what is now the town of Hiji, Ōita and was ruled by the tozama daimyō Kinoshita clan for all of its history.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Hiji Domain was founded by Kinoshita Nobutoshi, the third son of Kinoshita Iesada, the older brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's legal wife Kōdai-in (Nene). During the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Kinoshita Nobutoshi was active in the Eastern Army from the start of the campaign, and after the war, Tokugawa Ieyasu awarded him a domain with a kokudaka of 30,000 koku in Hayami District, Bungo Province. Furthermore, his father Iesada was also given a separate territory from Nobutoshi and established Ashimori Domain in Bitchū Province (25,000 koku). Furthermore, since the daimyō of Hiji and Ashimori clans were close relatives of Kōdai-in, they were allowed to continue to use the surname "Toyotomi" even after the defeat of the Toyotomi clan at the Siege of Osaka in 1615
Kinoshita Toshiharu, son of Nobutoshi and the second daimyō distributed a territory of 5,000 koku to his younger brother Nobuyoshi to establish a cadet branch of the clan, so the territory of Hiji Domain was reduced to 25,000 koku. Throughout the Edo period, the Kinoshita clan continued to rule Hiji for 16 generations, without any transfer or further reduction of territory. The domain was an early supporter of the imperial side in the Boshin War. Following the Meiji restoration in 1871, it became Hiji Prefecture due to the abolition of the han system, and was later incorporated into Ōita Prefecture. The Kinoshita clan was elevated to the kazoku peerage with the title of viscount in 1884.
Holdings at the end of the Edo period[edit]
As with most domains in the han system, Hiji Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields, g.[4][5]
- Bungo Province
- 18 villages in Hayami District
List of daimyō[edit]
# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka 
Kinoshita clan, 1600 -1871 (Tozama)
1 Kinoshita Nobutoshi (木下延俊) 1601 - 1642 Uemon-no-taifu (右衛門大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku 2 Kinoshita Toshiharu (木下俊治) 1642 - 1661 Iga-no-kami (伊賀守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 25,000 koku 3 Kinoshita Toshinaga (木下俊長) 1661 - 1707 Kura-no-kami (内蔵頭) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 4 Kinoshita Toshikazu (木下俊量) 1707 - 1729 Iga-no-kami (伊賀守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 5 Kinoshita Toshiari (木下俊在) 1729 - 1731 Iga-no-kami (伊賀守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 6 Kinoshita Toshiyasu (木下俊保) 1731 - 1738 Izumi-no-kami (和泉守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 7 Kinoshita Toshiteru (木下俊監) 1741 - 1748 < unknown > Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 8 Kinoshita Toshiyoshi (木下俊能) 1741 - 1748 Shikibu-no-sho (式部少輔) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 9 Kinoshita Toshiyasu (木下俊泰) 1748 - 1768 Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 10 Kinoshita Toshitane (木下俊胤) 1768 - 1776 Saimon-no-suke (左衛門佐) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 11 Kinoshita Toshimasa (木下俊懋) 1776 - 1810 Kazue-no-kami (主計頭) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 12 Kinoshita Toshiyoshi (木下俊良) 1810 - 1815 Sado-no-kami (佐渡守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 13 Kinoshita Toshiatsu (木下俊敦) 1815 - 1847 Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 14 Kinoshita Toshikata (木下俊方) 1847 - 1854 Kazue-no-kami (主計頭) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 15 Kinoshita Toshinori (木下俊程) 1854 - 1867 Hida-no-kami (飛騨守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku 16 Kinoshita toshimasa (木下俊愿) 1867 - 1871 Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 27,000 koku
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Nakayama, Yoshiaki (2015). 江戸三百藩大全 全藩藩主変遷表付. Kosaido Publishing. ISBN 978-4331802946.(in Japanese)
- ^ Nigi, Kenichi (2004). 藩と城下町の事典―国別. Tokyodo Printing. ISBN 978-4490106510.
- ^ Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
- ^ Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150.
- ^ Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.
