Iiyama-han was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in northern Shinano Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Iiyama Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Iiyama in Nagano Prefecture.[ "Shinano Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-5-13.]
History
In 1603, when Matsudaira Tadateru was awarded Kawanakajima Domain, the area around Iiyama was assigned to his retainer, Minagawa Hiroteru as a 40,000
koku holding. This marked the start of Iiyama Domain. however, after Matsudaira Tadateru fell from favour with
shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu and was dispossessed, Minagawa Hiroteru suffered a similar fate and was demoted to the 10,000
koku Hitachi-Fuchū Domain. He was replaced by Hori Naoteru from a cadet branch of the
Hori clan of
Echigo Province. Hori Naoteru took active steps in
flood control and the opening of new rice lands to improve the domain. However, he was transferred to
Nagaoka Domain in 1616. Iiyama then went to Sakuma Yasumasa, the son of one of
Oda Nobunaga's famed generals,
Sakuma Morimasa. The Sakuma clan ruled for three generations until the line died out without an heir in 1638. Iiyama Domain was then assigned to a branch of the
Matsudaira clan, formerly from
Kakegawa Domain. The Matsudaira ruled for two generations, and returned to Kakegawa in 1706. Iiyama was then assigned to
Nagai Naohiro, formerly lord of Akō Domain immediately after the famed Forty-seven
rōnin incident. He remained only until 1711 when he was replaced by Toyama Yoshihide, who also stayed for only six years before he too was transferred elsewhere.
In 1717, Iiyama Domain was awarded to a cadet branch of the Honda clan, under whose control it remained until the Meiji Restoration. During the Boshin War, the domain was invaded by pro-Tokugawa forces from Takada Domain, who set fire to the castle town. The domain subsequently supported the imperial armies at the Battle of Hokuetsu and Battle of Aizu. In July 1871, with the abolition of the han system, Iiyama Domain briefly became Iiyama Prefecture, and was merged into the newly created Nagano Prefecture.
Bakumatsu period holdings
As with most domains in the
han system, Iiyama Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned
kokudaka, based on periodic
cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.
[Jeffrey Mass 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.]
List of Daimyō
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Minagawa clan ( fudai) 1603–1609[Edmond Papinot. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Minagawa" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 34; retrieved 2013-6-12.] |
| transfer to Hitachi-Fuchū Domain |
| Hori clan ( tozama) 1610–1616 |
| transfer to Nagaoka Domain |
Sakuma clan ( tozama) 1616–1638[Papinot, (2003). "Sakuma" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 51; retrieved 2013-6-12.] |
| transfer from Omi-Takashima Domain |
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Matsudaira clan, ( fudai) 1639–1706[Papinot, (2003). "Matsudaira" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 29; retrieved 2013-6-12.] 1639–1706 ( fudai; 40,000 koku) |
| transfer from Kakegawa Domain |
| transfer to Kakegawa Domain |
Nagai clan ( fudai) 1706–1711[Papinot, (2003). "Nagai" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 34; retrieved 2013-6-12.] |
| transfer to Iwatsuki Domain |
Aoyama clan ( fudai) 1711–1717[Papinot, (2003). "Aoyama" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 2; retrieved 2013-6-12.] |
| transfer to Miyazu Domain |
Honda clan ( fudai) 1717–1871 [Papinot, (2003). "Honda" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 11; retrieved 2013-6-12.] |
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Honda Sukeyoshi
extra=1663 – 25 May 1725 was a
daimyō in the early
Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was the 2nd Honda
daimyō of
Murayama Domain in
Dewa Province,
daimyō of
Itoigawa Domain in
Echigo province and 1st Honda
daimyō of Iiyama Domain in Shinano Province. Sukeyoshi was born in
Edo as the younger son of a 4560
koku hatamoto of
Okazaki Domain in Tōtōmi province. He received a 300
koku stipend on the death of his father in 1669. In 1688, he was adopted as the heir to
Honda Toshinaga of Murayama Domain and was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He became
daimyō of Murayama (10,000
koku) on the death of his adopted father in 1693. In 1699, the Tokugawa shogunate ordered his transfer to Itoigawa, with the same
kokudaka, and he was given the
courtesy title of
Wakasa-no-kami. In 1717, he was transferred to Iiyama (12,000
koku), where his descendants resided to the Meiji Restoration. He also changed his name from Toshihisa (利久) to Sukeyoshi (助芳). However, due to repeated flooding of the
Chikuma River and the mountainous terrain of his new holding, he found that the actual financial situation in Iiyama was much worse than its
kokudaka reflected, and from the start the domain suffered from financial problems. His wife was a daughter of Matsudaira Sadashige of
Kuwana Domain. He died in 1727 and his grave is at the temple of Kyōzen-ji in
Roppongi,
Tokyo.
Honda Yasuakira
extra=1709 – 21 September 1730 was the 2nd Honda
daimyō of Iiyama Domain. Yasuakira was born in Edo and was the third son of
Honda Sukeyoshi. As his two elder brothers died in childhood, he became
daimyō on the death of his father in 1725. However, in 1730 en route to visit his holdings in Iiyama, he fell ill and died soon after reaching Iiyama Castle at the age of 22. His grave is at the temple of Chuon-ji in Iiyama.
Honda Sukemochi
extra=June 1714– 13 October 1737 was the 3rd Honda
daimyō of Iiyama Domain. Sukemochi was the fourth son of
Honda Sukeyoshi, and was posthumously adopted as heir on his brother Yasuakira's sudden death without heir in 1730. However, he was in poor health from infancy, and he also died without male heir in 1737 at the age of 24. His wife was a daughter of
Suwa Tadatora of
Suwa Domain. His grave is at the temple of Kyōzen-ji in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Honda Sukemitsu
extra=May 1718– 16 March 1774 was the 4th Honda
daimyō of Iiyama Domain. Sukemitsu born into a
hatamoto cadet branch of the Honda clan, and was posthumously adopted as heir on
Honda Sukemochi's sudden death in 1737. During his tenure, the domain suffered from severe floods in 1742. He served in the shogunal administration as
Osaka kaban and as a
sōshaban. His courtesy title was originally
Sagami-no-kami, but was later changed to
Bungo-no-kami, then to
Ise-no-kami with each promotion. He retired in 1773 due to poor health and died the following year. His wife was a daughter of
Akita Yorisue of
Miharu Domain; however, he only son predeceased him and he was succeeded by his grandson. His grave is at the temple of Kyōzen-ji in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Honda Suketsugu
extra=3 June 1764 – 9 July 1824 was the 5th Honda
daimyō of Iiyama Domain. Suketsugu the eldest son of
Honda Sukemitsu's eldest son, and became ‘'daimyō'’ on his grandfather's death in 1774. He was received in formal audience by Shōgun
Tokugawa Ieharu the same year, but did not receive the courtesy title of
Bungo-no-kami until 1782. From 1785 to 1788 as he served as
Osaka kaban and in 1789 was
bugyō of ceremonies at the Nikkō Tōshō-gū. However, in 1794, the domain suffered severe damage from a fire, and perhaps due to the strain of this event, he made rude comments on the music of the Ryūkyū embassy to the shogunate and was censured by the government. Iiyama burned down again in 1798. In retired in favor of his adopted son in 1806. His wife was a daughter of
Niwa Takayasu of Nihonmatsu Domain. In 1824 his courtesy title was changed from
Bungo-no-kami to
Shima-no-kami. He died in 1824 in Edo, and his grave is at the temple of Kyōzen-ji in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Honda Suketoshi
extra=6 February 1791 – 23 October 1858 was the 6th Honda
daimyō of Iiyama Domain. Suketoshi was born as the younger son of
Toda Ujinori of
Ogaki Domain. He married Suketsugu's daughter and was adopted has heir by
Honda Suketsugu in 1806. He was received in formal audience by Shōgun
Tokugawa Ienari and became
daimyō later the same year. In 1811, was named
bugyō of ceremonies at the Nikkō Tōshō-gū and in 184 became a
sōshaban. In 1832, he became a
wakadoshiyori. He retired in 1858 and died later the same year.
Honda Sukezane
extra=23 April 1819 – 1 March 1877 was the 7th Honda
daimyō of Iiyama Domain. Sukezane was born in Edo and was the third son of
Honda Suketsugu. As he was still underage when Suketsugu retired, his uncle-in-law,
Honda Suketoshi became
daimyō and Sukezane became Suketoshi's heir. He was received in formal audience by Shōgun
Tokugawa Ienari in 1836 and became ‘'daimyō'’ in 1858. From 1864 to 1866 he served as a
sōshaban. He retired in 1867; however, due to the poor health of his two successors, he continued to rule the domain behind-then-scenes, and in 1871 was appointed imperial governor of Iiyama by the new
Meiji government. He retired again in 1873 and died in 1877. His wife was the 5th daughter of
Suwa Tadamichi of Suwa Domain and after her death, he remarried to a daughter of Yonekura Masanaga of
Mutsuura Domain. His grave is at the temple of Kyōzen-ji in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Honda Sukeshige
extra=6 August 1846– 2 August 1868 was the 8th Honda
daimyō of Iiyama Domain. Sukeshige was the eldest son of
Honda Sukezane. He was received in formal audience by Shōgun
Tokugawa Iemochi in 1861. He was unusually tall for contemporary Japanese, and was stilled in the martial arts, as well as poetry and literature. In 1866, he led the domain's troops to Osaka during the Second Chōshū expedition in place of his ill father, and became
daimyō the following year on his father's retirement. In 1868, during the
Boshin War, the new
Meiji government fined the domain 15,000
ryō for its previously uncooperative attitude. Ten days later, a civil war erupted in Iiyama between supporters of the Tokugawa and the pro-imperial faction. Sukeshige died 3 months later at the age of 23, possibly due to poisoning. In order to avoid the possibility of
attainder, the fact of his death was kept secret from the authorities and it was officially announced that he had retired in favor of his younger brother. He had no official wife. His grave is at the temple of Chuon-ji in Iiyama.
Honda Suketaka
extra=8 June 1854– 19 September 1869 was the 9th Honda
daimyō of Iiyama Domain. Suketaka was the 8th son of
Honda Sukezane, and was posthumously adopted on the sudden death of his brother
Honda Sukeshige in 1868. In poor health, he was a figurehead ruler, and his father Sukezane ruled behind-the-scenes throughout his tenure. The new Meiji government demanded 5000
ryō from the domain to help offset costs associated with the Battle of Hokuetsu. He was appointed imperial governor of Iiyama in 1869; however, he died less than 2 months later at the age of 16. As with his predecessor, the death was kept secret from the government for fear of attainer, and it was officially announced that he had retired, and that his father, Shigezane, had returned from retirement to assume the post. His grave is at the temple of Chuon-ji in Iiyama.
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