Shichinohe Domain
(
七?藩
,
Shichinohe-han
)
was a
tozama
feudal domain
of
Edo period
Japan
, located in
Mutsu Province
,
Honsh?
. It was centered at
Shichinohe Castle
in what is now the modern town of
Shichinohe, Aomori
in the
Kamikita District
of
Aomori Prefecture
, in the
T?hoku region
of far northern
Japan
.
History
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]
The
Nanbu clan
controlled this region of northern Japan from the
Muromachi period
, and Shichinohe Castle was occupied by a branch of the clan on this site until the end of the
Sengoku period
. However, in 1591 the Shichinohe-branch of the Nanbu clan opposed the forces of clan chieftain
Nanbu Nobunao
and
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
during the
Kunohe Rebellion
and were defeated. The castle was abandoned in 1592 and allowed to fall into ruins.
[1]
The Shichinohe Nanbu clan was allowed to survive as 2300
koku
hatamoto
serving the
Morioka Domain
under the
Tokugawa shogunate
. Their revenues were increased to 5000
koku
in 1694, and they were given charge of a
daikansho
erected on the site of their old castle in 1804. With a raise in revenues to 11,000
koku
in 1819, Shichinohe Domain was created.
The 11,000
koku
domain existed largely on paper, as its
daimy?
lived in
Edo
permanently, and ruled the domain via a
kar?
, who resided at a
jin'ya
erected on the site of the old castle.
In 1858, the
daimy?
of Shichinohe,
Nanbu Nobuchika
was raised to the status of
castellan
and granted formal permission to rebuild Shichinohe Castle as part of Japan’s increased defensive preparations against possible foreign incursions in light of the recent
Perry Expedition
. However, the
Meiji restoration
occurred before any construction could begin.
During the
Boshin War
of the
Meiji Restoration
,
Nanbu Nobutami
, the 3rd
daimy?
, supported the
?uetsu Reppan D?mei
and fought against the pro-imperial forces of
Hirosaki Domain
in the
Battle of Noheji
. Consequently, he was forced into retirement by the new
Meiji government
and the revenues of Shichinohe Domain were decreased by 1,000
koku
. His successor,
Nanbu Nobukata
became domain governor in 1869, and in October of that same year, the peasants in the domain rose up in a revolt. In July 1871, with the
abolition of the han system
, Shichinohe Domain became Shichinohe Prefecture, and was merged into the newly created Aomori Prefecture in September 1871. Nanbu Nobukata was later granted the title of
viscount
(
shishaku
) under the
kazoku
peerage.
List of
daimy?s
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|
Name
|
Tenure
|
Courtesy title
|
Court Rank
|
kokudaka
|
1
|
Nanbu Nobuchika
(
南部信?
)
|
1819?1821
|
Harima-no-kami
(播磨守)
|
Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (?五位下)
|
11,000
koku
|
2
|
Nanbu Nobunori
(
南部信?
)
|
1822?1862
|
Tamba-no-kami
(丹波守)
|
Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (?四位下)
|
11,000
koku
|
3
|
Nanbu Nobutami
(
南部信民
)
|
1862?1868
|
Mimasaku-no-kami (美作守)
|
Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (?五位下)
|
11,000
koku
|
4
|
Nanbu Nobukata
(
南部信方
)
|
1868?1871
|
-none-
|
Junior 5th Rank (?五位下)
|
10,000
koku
|
Nanbu Nobuchika
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Nanbu Nobuchika
(
南部信?
, December 11, 1776 ? December 19, 1821)
was the 1st
daimy?
of Shichinohe Domain. He was the eldest son of Nanbu Nobuyoshi, a 5000
koku
hatamoto
of
Morioka Domain
. In December 1819, he received additional territories from his uncle,
Nanbu Toshitaka
, bringing his total past 10,000
koku
and received elevation to the rank of
daimy?
. His
courtesy title
was
Harima-no-kami
, and his
Court rank
was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Due to the death of the first
Nanbu Toshimochi
in 1820, he was called upon to assist in the governing of the Morioka Domain. He was received in formal audience by
sh?gun
Tokugawa Ienari
on November 15, 1821, and confirmed in his title, but died only a few days later.
Nanbu Nobunori
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Nanbu Nobunori
(
南部信?
, November 1805 ? September 5, 1862)
was the 2nd
daimy?
of Shichinohe Domain. He was the eldest son of Nanbu Nobuchika, and became
daimy?
at the age of 16 upon the death of his father. His
courtesy title
was
Tamba-no-kami
, and his
Court rank
was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. During his tenure, Shichinohe was awarded an increase in status to that of a “castle-holding domain” in 1858. His wife was the daughter of Mori Nagayoshi,
daimy?
of
Mikazuki Domain
. Although he had a son, he adopted the 4th son of
Nanbu Toshitada
from Morioka Domain to be his heir, but then set him aside in favour of an even more distant relative, Nanbu Nobutami, in 1849.
[2]
Nanbu Nobutami
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Nanbu Nobutami
(
南部信民
, May 1833 ? March 15, 1900)
was the 3rd
daimy?
of Shichinohe Domain. He was the cousin of the
kar?
of Morioka Domain, Sannohe Shikibu and great-grandson of
Nanbu Toshimi
). He was adopted by Nanbu Nobunori as his heir in 1849. His
courtesy title
was
Mimasaka-no-kami
, and his
Court rank
was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. On becoming
daimy?
in 1862, he closely aligned his policies with Morioka Domain. During the
Boshin War
of the
Meiji restoration
, he joined the
?uetsu Reppan D?mei
to fight against the Nanbu clan’s hereditary enemies, the
Tsugaru clan
of
Hirosaki Domain
. After the war, his holdings were reduced by 1000
koku
and he was ordered to retire by the
Meiji government
. However, as his successor Nanbu Nobukata was still underage, he continued to rule the domain, and sponsored
sericulture
and livestock raising in his final years.
[3]
Nanbu Nobukata
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Nanbu Nobukata
(
南部信方
, June 22, 1858 ? July 29, 1923)
was the 4th and final
daimy?
of Shichinohe Domain. He was the third son of the
daimy?
of Morioka,
Nanbu Toshihisa
, and was adopted as heir to Nanbu Nobutami in December 1868 when Nobutami was ordered by the new Meiji government to retire from his role in leading the domain during the
Boshin War
. He became domain governor in June 1869 and had to suppress a peasant’s uprising in October of the same year. He was sent to America to study for a three year period from February 1876. In 1884 he was elevated to the
kazoku
peerage title of
viscount
(
shishaku
)
[4]
His wife was the daughter of Inoue Toshiyoshi, the
daimy?
of
Kariya Domain
, and he had only one daughter, who married into the
Shimazu clan
.
-
Nanbu Nobutami
-
Nanbu Nobutaka
Bakumatsu period holdings
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As with most domains in the
han system
, Shichinohe Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned
kokudaka
, based on periodic
cadastral
surveys and projected agricultural yields.
[5]
[6]
See also
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References
[
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]
- Papinot, E. (1910).
Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan
. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
External links
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Notes
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]
- ^
七?城跡
.
記念物(史跡)
(in Japanese). Aomori Prefectural Government. March 31, 2009
. Retrieved
6 March
2017
.
- ^
Ueda, Masaaki; Nishizawa, Jun'ichi; Hirayama, Ikuo (2001).
日本人名大?典
(in Japanese). Kodansha.
ISBN
9784062108003
.
- ^
岩手?姓氏?史人物大?典
(in Japanese). Kadokawa. 1998.
ISBN
4040020308
.
- ^
Shichinohe town official home page
- ^
Mass, Jeffrey P.
and William B. Hauser. (1987).
The Bakufu in Japanese History
, p. 150
.
- ^
Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987).
Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century
, p. 18
.