Shimotsuke Province
Viscount was the 16th (and final) "daimyō" of Kurobane Domain in Shimotsuke Province, Japan (modern-day Tochigi Prefecture) under the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was "Mamasaka-no-kami", and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, later raised to Upper Third Rank.