Nisshōji Domain
History. Hino was the location of Nakano Castle, a stronghold of Gamō Ujisato during the Sengoku period. The castle was abandoned after the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1620, Ichihashi Nagamasa, a former retainer of Oda Nobunaga who had entered into the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu and who had distinguished himself at the Siege of Osaka, was established as "daimyō" of the newly-created Nisshōji Domain with a "kokudaka" of 20,000 "koku". He built a "jin'ya" on the ruins of the old Nakano Castle. In 1622, he gave 2000 "koku" to his younger son, Ichihashi Nagayoshi, to establish a  cadet branch of the clan, reducing the domain to 18,000 koku. His son, the second "daimyō" Ishibashi Masanobu likewise awarded 1000 "koku" to his son, Ishihashi Masanao, reducing the domain further to 17,000 "koku". During the Bakumatsu period, the 10th "daimyō", Ishibashi Nagakazu, was a supporter of the Shogunate and attempted to manufacture gunpowder in the domain. In 1862, he also officially changed to name of the domain from to . However, with the start of the Boshin War, he changed his fealty to the imperial cause and served in the guard for Emperor Meiji. As with all domains, Nishiōji Domain  was abolished in 1870 with the abolition of the han system. It subsequently was incorporated into Nishiōji prefecture, Ōtsu Prefecture, and then Shiga Prefecture. Most of the remains of Nisshōji "jin'ya" were destroyed by the construction of Hinogawa Dam, but some remnants of stone walls and moats of the main enclosure survive near the Ryohashi Jinja and Inari Jinja. The main building of the jin'ya itself was used the Nisshōji Elementary School in the Meiji period. In 1918, it was dismantled and sold to Shōkoku-ji in Kyoto and rebuilt for use at its sub-temple Rinko-in. Bakumatsu period  holdings. As with most domains in the han system, Nisshōji Domain consisted of a discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned "kokudaka", based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.