In 1721, the "daimyō" of Murakami Domain in Echigo Province, Manabe Akitoki was transferred to a newly created fief with a "kokudaka" of 50,000 "koku" centered in Sabae. Akitoki's elder brother was a "sōbayonin" to Shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu, with great influence over the shōgun, and his successor Tokugawa Ietsugu. However, under Tokugawa Yoshimune he was purged from office and the Manabe clan fell from favour. Manabe Akitoki's relocation was part of this punitive action - although the new domain had the same nominal "kokudaka", it was located close to the eyes of Fukui Domain and extensive "tenryō" lands and was not ranked as a "castle-holding domain", but as a less prestigious "jin'ya" domain. Permission to layout a "jōkamachi" was not granted until 1722. The move all but bankrupted the Manabe clan. The Bakumatsu period Manabe Akikatsu served in a variety of positions in the Tokugawa shogunate, including "Kyoto Shoshidai" and "rōjū", and implemented numerous fiscal reforms. He was also influential in the negotiations for the Harris Treaty and supported Ii Naosuke's "Kōbu gattai" policy towards the Imperial court, after Ii's assassination, he quickly fell from favour, and the domain was reduced to 40,000 "koku". Following the Meiji Restoration, the final daimyo, Manabe Akimichi served as Imperial Governor from 1868 to the abolition of the han system in 1871.