Mibu Domain
History. The Mibu clan, which had ruled this area since the Muromachi period was destroyed at the Battle of Odawara in 1590, and their lands came under the control of the Yūki clan. After the Battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu assigned a 19,000 "koku" holding in this area to Hineno Yoshiaki, formerly of Takashima Domain in Shinano Province in 1602. Hineno was instrumental in the construction of the Nikkō Tōshō-gū complex, and was rewarded for his efforts in 1634 by a transfer to Funai Domain (20,000 "koku"). Mibu was assigned to Abe Tadaaki, who has served as  a "Rōjū" to "Shōgun" Tokugawa Iemitsu, with revenues raised to 25,000 "koku". He was reassigned in 1639 to Oishi Domain in Musashi Province. Mibu then came under the control of the Miura clan, for three generations, until the transfer of "wakadoshiyori" Miura Akihiro to Nobeoka Domain in 1692. "Shōgun" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi then assigned the domain to Matsudaira Terusada, with an increase in size to 32,000 "koku", and then 42,000 "koku"; however, he remained for only 3 years until his reassignment to Takasaki Domain. The domain was then reduced back to 25,000 "koku" and given to Katō Akihide, also a former  wakadoshiyori, who made many attempts to reform the domain’s finances and administration. After his son, Katō Yoshinori was transferred to Minakuchi Domain in 1712, Mibu came under the control of the Torii clan, who then ruled until the Meiji Restoration. The 6th "daimyō", Torii Tadatomi, sided with the Satchō Alliance in the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, and fought in the Battle of Aizu, despite considerable opposition within the ranks of his samurai. The final "daimyō", Torii Tadafumi was later raised to the rank of viscount in the "kazoku" peerage system, and served as the Japanese consul to  the Kingdom of Hawaii. After the abolition of the han system in July 1871, Mibu Domain became part of Tochigi Prefecture. The domain had a samurai-class population of 1693 people in 437 households, per a census in 1870. Holdings at the end of the Edo period. As with most domains in the han system, Mibu Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned "kokudaka", based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.