Kōfu Domain

Kōfu Domain (甲府藩, Kōfu-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The domain was centered at Kōfu Castle what is now the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi.[1]

History

Kai Province was initially entrusted to important Tokugawa clan members as Kōfu Domain, and later to the highly placed fudai daimyō Yanagisawa clan, with periods of direct shogunal rule ( tenryō ) in between. Following the transfer of Yanagisawa Yoshisato to Yamato Province in 1724, the domain remained under direct shogunal control until the Meiji Restoration.[2]

With the abolition of the han system in July 1871, Kōfu Domain became “Kōfu Prefecture”, which subsequently was renamed Yamanashi Prefecture.

List of daimyō

#NameTenureCourtesy titleCourt RankkokudakaNotes
Tokugawa clan, 1603-1704 (shinpan) [1]
1Tokugawa Yoshinao (徳川義直)1603–1607Uhōe-no-kami (右兵衛督)Lower 4th (従四位下)250,000 koku9th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu
2Tokugawa Tadanaga (徳川忠長)1618–1624Gon-Chūnagon (権中納言)Third (従三位)238,000 koku3rd son of Tokugawa Hidetada
3Tokugawa Tsunashige (徳川綱重)1661–1678Sangi (参議)3rd (従三位)250,000->350,000 koku3rd son of Tokugawa Iemitsu
4Tokugawa Tsunatoyo (徳川綱豊)1678–1704Gon-Chūnagon (権中納言)3rd (従三位)350,000 koku1st son of Tokugawa Tsunashige
became 6th Shōgun, Tokugawa Ienobu
Yanagisawa clan, 1704-1724 (fudai)[3]
1Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu (柳沢吉保)[3]1704–1709Mino-no-kami (美濃守); Sakonoe-shoshō (左権少将)Lower 4th (従四位下)150,000 kokutransfer from Kawagoe Domain
2Yanagisawa Yoshisato (柳沢吉里)[3]1709–1724Kai-no-kami(甲斐守)
Jijū (侍従)
3rd (従三位)150,000 kokuEldest son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
transferred to Yamato-Kōriyama Domain
Tokugawa clan, 1724-1871(tenryō) [1]

See also

References

  • Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.

Notes

  1. "Kai Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-7-8.
  2. "Kofu-han at Edo-300". Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  3. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Yanagisawa" at Nobiliare du Japon, pp. 70-71; retrieved 2013-7-8.
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