Mito Domain
In 1661, Matsudaira Yorifusa of Mito Domain created Nukada Domain, 20,000 "koku" subsidiary holding for his fourth son, Matsudaira Yorimoto in what is now part of the city of Naka, Ibaraki. He ruled Nukata until his death in 1693, and was succeeded by his son, Matsudaira Yorisada. By order of Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Yorisada was granted a fief of 20,000 "koku" in Moriyama in Tamura District in Mutsu Province in 1700. His original holdings reverted to Mito Domain. Although the "daimyō" of Moriyama were not subject to "sankin-kōtai" since they were direct relatives of the ruling Tokugawa, they preferred to reside permanently at the clan's Edo residence in Koishikawa and to leave administration of the domain in the hands of overseers appointed by the parent house at Mito Domain. During the Bakumatsu period, many of the samurai of Moriyama supported the Mito Rebellion of 1864, and the clan was punished by the shogunate. When the forces of the anti-Tokugawa Satchō Alliance advanced north during the Boshin War, the domain surrendered without a fight.