Hirado han

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Hirado domain was an Edo period domain ruled by the Matsura clan from the castle-town of Hirado, on Hirado Island in Hizen province.

Territory

The domain's territory included portions of Hizen province on mainland Kyushu as well as Iki and some other islands, with a total kokudaka for much of the period of 61,500 koku.[1] Though the Matsura controlled all of Iki province, they were not considered kunimochi ("province-holding") daimyô.[2]

History

For a short few decades at the beginning of the 17th century, Hirado was one of the chief centers of international (particularly Western) activity in Japan. The Dutch East India Company established a factory in Hirado in 1609, maintaining it until forced by the Tokugawa shogunate to relocate to Nagasaki in 1641, and the English East India Company similarly maintained a factory at Hirado from 1613 to 1623. Both paled in comparison, however, to the number of men, number of ships, and amount of goods traded by Chinese merchants, led for some time by red seal ship trader Li Dan and then beginning in 1625 by Zheng Zhilong.

Castle

Hirado castle, initially known as Hinotake castle, was completed in 1599 but burned down in 1609, and was not rebuilt until 1704-1718. For the roughly one hundred years in between, the Matsura ruled from a mansion to the north of Hirado harbor. With the permission of the Tokugawa shogunate, they rebuilt the castle and made it their home and center of governance for the remainder of the Edo period. They then tore down the castle following the Meiji Restoration, and in 1893 built a new mansion on the location of the former, 17th century, one. This is today the site of the Matsura Historical Museum.

Lords of Hirado han[3]

  1. Matsura Shigenobu, aka Hôin 松浦鎮信・法印 (b. 1549-d. 1614; r. 1568-1601)
  2. Matsura Hisanobu 松浦久信 (b. 1570-d. 1602; r. 1601-1602)
  3. Matsura Takanobu, aka Sôyô 松浦隆信・宗陽 (b. 1592-d. 1637; r. 1602-1637)
  4. Matsura Shigenobu, aka Tenshô 松浦鎮信・天祥 (b. 1622-d. 1703; r. 1637-1689)
  5. Matsura Takashi, aka Yûkô 松浦棟・雄香 (b. 1646-d. 1713; r. 1689-1713)
  6. Matsura Atsunobu 松浦篤信 (b. 1684-d. 1756; r. 1713-1727)
  7. Matsura Arinobu 松浦有信 (b. 1718-d. 1728; r. 1727-1728)
  8. Matsura Sanenobu 松浦誠信 (b. 1713-d. 1779; r. 1728-1775)
  9. Matsura Kiyoshi, aka Seizan 松浦清・静山 (b. 1760-d. 1841; r. 1775-1806)
  10. Matsura Hiromu 松浦熈 (b. 1791-d. 1867; r. 1806-1841)
  11. Matsura Terasu 松浦曜 (b.1812-d. 1858; r. 1841-1857)
  12. Matsura Akira (1840-1908) 松浦詮 (b. 1840-d. 1908; r. 1857-1871)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fukai Masaumi 深井雅海, Tôken to kakutsuke 刀剣と格付け, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (2018), 78.
  2. ↑ Mark Ravina, Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan, Stanford University Press (1999), 20.
  3. ↑ Yamaguchi Yasuo 山口康夫(ed.), Zusetsu rekishi no shima Hirado 図説・歴史の島　平戸. Hirado: Hirado bunkazai kenkyûsho (1975), 264.
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