# Izushi Domain

Izushi Domain (出石藩, Izushi-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Tajima Province in what is now the northern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered initially around Izushi Castle in what is now the Izushi neighborhood of the city of Toyooka, Hyōgo.

## History

From the Muromachi period, Tajima Province had been under the control of the Yamana clan. However, in the Sengoku period, the area was conquered by Oda Nobunaga. During the Battle of Sekigahara, Koide Yoshimasa and his father Koide Hidemasa attacked Tanabe Castle which was under the control Hosokawa Fujitaka during the Siege of Tanabe. Despite being on the losing side of the war, Tokugawa Ieyasu forgave the Koide clan as Hidemasa's second son, Koide Hideie, served in the Eastern Army with a force of 300 cavalrymen at his father's behest, and distinguished himself greatly against the Uesugi clan and at the Battle Sekigahara. Koide Hidemasa was made daimyō of Kishiwada Domain with a kokudaka of 30,000 koku and Koide Yoshimasa was given Izushi Domain with a kokudaka of 60,000 koku. On Hidemasa's death in 1604, Yoshimasa was transferred to Kishiwada, which was increased to 50,000 koku, and Izushi went to his son, Koide Yoshifusa. However, Yoshifusa's younger brother and heir, Koide Yoshichika was transferred to Sonobe Domain in Tanba Province, and Yoshifusa returned to Izushi in 1619, which was reduced to 50,000 koku to match his former holdings in Kishiwada. The Koide clan continued to rule Izushi until the 9th daimyō, Koide Yoshitsugu, who died at the age of one in 1696.
The Koide were replaced by Matsudaira Tadachika of the Fujii-Matsudaira clan, formerly of Iwatsuki Domain. He was reassigned to Ueda Domain in 1706, and Sengoku Masaakira came from Ueda to Izushi in exchange. The Sengoku clan would continue to rule Izushi until the Meiji restoration. Under the 7th daimyō, Sengoku Hisatoshi, the domain was beset by peasant's revolts on two occasions. The first revolt, in 1835, was serious enough to warrant direct intervention by the shogunate, and resulted in the domain being punished by a reduction in its kokudaka from 58,000 to 30,000 koku. The domain sat out the Boshin War without incident. In 1871, with the abolition of the han system, Izushi Domain became "Izushi Prefecture". and subsequently became part of Hyogo Prefecture. The Sengoku clan was later ennobled with the kazoku peerage title of shishaku (viscount), and the final daimyō, Sengoku Masakata went on to serve in the House of Peers from 1890 to his death in 1917.

## Holdings at the end of the Edo period

Unlike most domains in the han system, which consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields, Toyooka Domain was a single unified holding.
* Tajima Province
** 9 villages in Yabu District
** 5 villages in Keta District
** 27 villages in Mikumi District
** 76 villages in Izushi District

## List of daimyō

    #NameTenureCourtesy titleCourt Rankkokudaka Koide clan, 1600-1696 (Tozama) 1Koide Yoshimasa (小出吉政)1600 - 1604Shinano-no-kami (信濃守)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)60,000 koku 2Koide Yoshifusa (小出吉英)1604 - 1613Yamato-no-kami (大和守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)60,000 koku 3Koide Yoshichika (小出吉親)1613 - 1619Shinano-no-kami (信濃守)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)60,000 koku 4Koide Yoshifusa (小出吉英)1619 - 1666Yamato-no-kami (大和守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)60,000 ->50,000 koku 5Koide Yoshishige (小出吉重)1666 - 1673Shuri-no-suke (修理亮)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku 6Koide Fusayasu (小出英安)1673 - 1691Bizen-no-kami (備前守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku 7Koide Fusaeki (小出英益)1692Yamato-no-kami (大和守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku 8Koide Fusanaga (小出英長)1692 - 1694Yamato-no-kami (大和守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku 9Koide Fusatsugu (小出英及)1695 - 1696-none--none-50,000 koku Fujii-Matsudaira clan, 1697-1706 (Fudai) 1Matsudaira Tadachika (松平忠周)1697 - 1706Iga-no-kami (伊賀守); Jijū (侍従)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)48,000 koku Sengoku clan, 1706-1871 (Tozama) 1Sengoku Masaakira (仙石政明)1706 - 1717Echizen-no-kami (越前守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)58,000 koku 2Sengoku Masafusa (仙石政房)1717 - 1735Shinano-no-kami (信濃守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)58,000 koku 3Sengoku Masatoki (仙石政辰)1735 - 1779Echizen-no-kami (越前守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)58,000 koku 4Sengoku Hisayuki (仙石久行)1779 - 1785Gyobu-shoyu (刑部少輔)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)58,000 koku 5Sengoku Hisamichi (仙石久道)1785 - 1814Echizen-no-kami (越前守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)58,000 koku 6Sengoku Masayoshi (仙石政美)1814 - 1824Echizen-no-kami (越前守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)58,000 koku 7Sengoku Hisatoshi (仙石久利)1824 - 1870Echizen-no-kami (越前守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)58,000 -> 30,000 koku 8Sengoku Hisakata (仙石政固)1870 - 1871Echizen-no-kami (越前守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)30,000 koku