| Izushi han was a 58,000 ''[[koku]]'' [[han|domain]] in [[Tajima province]], ruled by the ''tozama [[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of the [[Sengoku clan]]. | | Izushi han was a 58,000 ''[[koku]]'' [[han|domain]] in [[Tajima province]], ruled by the ''tozama [[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of the [[Sengoku clan]]. |
− | The Sengoku were a "castle-holding" (''shiro-nushi'' or ''shiro-mochi'') ''daimyô'' family, the earliest to be assigned to the ''yanagi-no-ma'' of [[Edo castle]] (and thus boasting a certain elite status among that group of ''daimyô''). Their upper mansion (''[[daimyo yashiki|kami yashiki]]'') in [[Edo]] was located in the Nishinokubo neighborhood (today, [[Minato-ku]], Kamiyachô). | + | The Sengoku were a "castle-holding" (''shiro-nushi'' or ''shiro-mochi'') ''daimyô'' family assigned to the ''yanagi-no-ma'' of [[Edo castle]]. Their upper mansion (''[[daimyo yashiki|kami yashiki]]'') in [[Edo]] was located in the Nishinokubo neighborhood (today, [[Minato-ku]], Kamiyachô). |
− | As the result of an internal [[O-Ie Sodo|succession dispute]], the domain's ''[[kokudaka]]'' was reduced in [[1835]] by 28,000 ''koku'', such that through the end of the [[Edo period]], the domain's ''kokudaka'' was only 30,000 ''koku''. The ''daimyô'' at that time was [[Sengoku Hisatoshi|Sengoku Sanuki-no-kami Hisatoshi]]. | + | As the result of an internal [[O-Ie Sodo|succession dispute]], the domain's ''[[kokudaka]]'' was reduced in [[1835]] by 28,000 ''koku'', such that through the end of the [[Edo period]], the domain's ''kokudaka'' was only 30,000 ''koku''. The ''daimyô'' at that time was [[Sengoku Hisatoshi|Sengoku Sanuki-no-kami Hisatoshi]]; Hisatoshi was only fifteen at the time, and remained lord of Izushi through the remainder of the [[Edo period]].<ref>Ogawa Kyôichi 小川恭一, ''Shogun omemie sahô'' 将軍お目見え作法, ''Tokyojin'' 東京人 (1995/1), 79.</ref> |
| *Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Sankin kôtai'', Kodansha gendai shinsho (1998), 184. | | *Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Sankin kôtai'', Kodansha gendai shinsho (1998), 184. |