Ichinoseki Domain
Ichinoseki Domain was a tozama feudal domain of Edo period Japan It was located in Mutsu Province, in northern Honshū. The domain was centered at Ichinoseki jin'ya, located in the center of what is now the city of Ichinoseki in Iwate Prefecture.
History
Ichinoseki Domain (Date clan)
The first Ichinoseki Domain was created in 1660 for Date Munekatsu, the 10th son of Date Masamune, although a fortification had existed at Ichinoseki since the Muromachi period. It was a subsidiary domain to Sendai Domain. However, Data Munekatsu was a central figure in the Date Sōdō, an O-Ie Sōdō over the succession to the Date clan and was dispossessed in 1671, with his holdings reverting to Sendai Domain.Iwanuma Domain
Iwanuma Domain was another 30,000 koku subsidiary domain of Sendai Domain, created in 1660 for Tamura Muneyoshi. It was located in what is now the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi. Muneyoshi was the third son of Date Tadamune. His grandmother Megohime was the only child of the last hereditary chieftain of the Tamura clan, and the clan was restored in accordance with her will. Tamura Muneyoshi was one of the guardians of Date Tsunamura, but was later forced to retire by the shogunate due to his role in the Date Sōdō succession dispute. His son, Tamura Tatsuaki moved his seat from Iwamura to the vacant seat of Ichinoseki in 1681.Ichinoseki Domain (Tamura clan)
In 1681, the second daimyō of Iwanuma, Tamura Tatsuaki relocated his seat to Ichinoseki. Tatsuaki was the great-grandson of Date Masamune, and was especially favoured by shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and despite his tozama status enjoyed many of the privileges accorded to a fudai daimyō.The Tamura clan continued to rule Ichinoseki until the Meiji restoration. However, their position was somewhat ambiguous. Although treated by the Tokugawa shogunate as completely independent, Ichinoseki never received a formal document from the shogunate authorizing its han status. On the other hand, Sendai Domain still regarded Ichinoseki has part of its own territory, and Ichinoseki was compelled to abide by Date clan house rules. This meant that Ichinoseki was not able to issue its own laws and regulations. The situation of Ichinoseki was further complicated by the fact that it was not a unitary territory, but consisted of two areas separated by the Kitakami River and several Date-held territories in between.
As commemorated in the story of the Chūshingura, Asano Naganori was invited to commit seppuku while being held under house arrest at the Tamura's Edo residence over the incident at the Matsu no Ōrōka in Edo Castle where he drew his sword against Kira Yoshinaka.
During the Bakumatsu period, an Ichinoseki doctor was influential in the establishment of a medical school in Sendai in 1822.
During the Boshin War, Tamura Kuniyoshi led the domain into the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, but along with Sendai Domain, was forced to surrender to imperial forces a few months later. In July 1871, with the abolition of the han system, Ichinoseki Domain briefly became Ichinoseki Prefecture, and was merged into the newly created Iwate Prefecture. Under the new Meiji government, he and his son, Tamura Takaaki, the final daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain was given the kazoku peerage titles of shishaku.
List of ''daimyōs''
Tamura Tatsuaki
Tamura Tatsuaki was the second and final daimyō of Iwanuma Domain and first Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain. His courtesy title was Ukyō-no-daifu, later Inaba-no-kami, and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Tatsuaki was the second son of Tamura Muneyoshi, the daimyō of the 30,000 koku Iwanuma Domain. He underwent the genpuku ceremony in 1660 and was received in formal audience by shōgun Tokugawa Ietsuna, who confirmed him as heir to Iwanuma. However, in May 1681, the seat of Iwanuma Domain was relocated to Ichinoseki. Tatsuaki was noted for his scholarship, and in 1691 was elevated to the status of provisional Fudai daimyō. In 1692, he was appointed a sōshaban. The same year, he changed his name from Tamura Munenaga to Tamura Tatsuaki. In 1693, he received the additional honor of being styled as castellan, although his domain was only ranked that of a jin'ya. In 1694, his younger brother was elevated to the ranks of the hatamoto. He was married to the daughter of Matsudaira Chikayoshi, from Matsue Domain, but as he had no sons, he adopted the son of a hatamoto to be his heir. In 1701, in the aftermath of the famous Chūshingura incident, he was assigned custody of Asano Naganori, who later committed seppuku at the Ichinoseki Domain's residence in Edo.In 1705, he received the courtesy title of Inaba-no-kami. He died at age 53, and his grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tōzen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.
Tamura Nobuaki
Tamura Nobuaki was the 2nd Tamuradaimyō of Ichinoseki Domain. His courtesy title was Shimōsa-no-kami, and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Nobuaki was the 5th son of Tamura Akiate, a hatamoto from a subsidiary line of the Tamura clan．As the daimyō of Ichinoseki, Tamaura Tatsuaki had no sons, he was adopted as heir in February 1696 and became daimyō on the death of Tatsuaki in 1708. He died in 1727 at the age of 58 after an uneventful tenure, and his grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Shoun-ji in Ichinoseki. He was succeeded by the son of Date Muneyoshi of Uwajima Domain, whom he had adopted as his son under the name of Tamura Muraaki.Tamura Muraaki
Tamura Muraaki was the 3rd Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain. His courtesy title was Oki-no-kami, and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.Muraaki was the 2nd son of Date Muneyoshi, daimyō of Uwajima Domain. In October, 1726 he was adopted as heir to Ichinoseki Domain by Tamura Nobuaki, and became daimyō on the latter's death the following year. He had an uneventful tenure, which is fortunate as contemporary records indicate that he spent most his time at falconry and hunting. At the time of his death at the age of 49 in 1755, he had only a young daughter, so the fifth son of Date Yoshimura, daimyō of Sendai Domain was posthumously adopted as his successor. His grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tōzen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.