Oyumi Domain


Oyumi Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province, Japan. The site of the Oyumi jin'ya is now under a residential area of the city of Chiba. The domain was ruled through its entire history by the Morikawa clan.

History

Oyumi Domain was created in February 1627, when Morikawa Shigetoshi, a hatamoto in the service of Shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada acquired holdings in Sagami, Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces with revenues exceeding the 10,000 koku necessary to qualify as a daimyō. He was allowed to build a jin'ya on the site of the Sengoku period Oyumi Castle. He later rose to the post of rōjū, and committed junshi on the death of Tokugawa Hidetada. His successors continued to rule Oyumi Domain until the Meiji Restoration.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

As with most domains in the han system, Oyumi Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.
The domain was centered on what is now Chuo Ward and Midori Ward of the city of Chiba.

List of daimyō

#NameTenureCourtesy titleCourt Rankrevenues
1 [Morikawa Shigetoshi]1627–1632Dewa-no-kami Lower 5th 10, 000 koku
2 Morikawa Shigemasa1632–1663Iga-no-kami Lower 5th 10,000 koku
3 Morikawa Shigenobu1663–1692Dewa-no-kami Lower 5th 10,000 koku
4 Morikawa Shigetane1692–1732Dewa-no-kami Lower 5th 10,000 koku
5 Morikawa Shigetsune1732–1734Naizen-no-kami　Lower 5th 10,000 koku
6 Morikawa Shigenori1734–1764Naizen-no-kami　Lower 5th 10,000 koku
7 Morikawa Shigetaka1764–1788Kii-no-kami Lower 5th 10, 000 koku
8 Morikawa Shigetomo1788–1838Naizen-no-kami　Lower 5th 10,000 koku
9 Morikawa Shigetami1838–1855Dewa-no-kami Lower 5th 10,000 koku
10 Morikawa Shigehira1855–1858Dewa-no-kami Lower 5th 10,000 koku
11 Morikawa Shigenori1858–1862Dewa-no-kami Lower 5th 10,000 koku
12 Morikawa Shigekata1862–1871Naizen-no-kami　Lower 5th 10,000 koku