Nakatsu (Han)

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Nakatsu ( Japanese 中 津 藩 Nakatsu-han ) was a Japanese fiefdom ( Han ) in the ancient province of Buzen on the island of Kyushu . The territory, with the castle of the same name in the center, roughly coincides with that of today's city of Nakatsu ( Ōita Prefecture ).

history

The story of the fief begins after the subjugation of Kyushu by the general Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1587, when Kuroda Yoshitaka ( 黒 田 孝 高 ) alias Josui ( 如水 ) received the region as a fief for his services and established his seat near the mouth of the Yamaguni River. His son Nagamasa, however, was rewarded with the larger fiefdom of Fukuoka after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, in which he had proven himself, and Hosokawa Tadaoki was installed as the new liege in his place. In 1632 the Hosokawa family took over the Kumamoto fief and Ogasawara Nagatsugu moved to Nakatsu. After five generations under the Ogasawaras , the Okudaira family took over the Nakatsu fief in 1717 and resided here until 1871.

Nakatsu was off the main thoroughfares of Kyushu, but played a role in shipping on the Seto Inland Sea thanks to its conveniently located port . In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, feudal lords such as Okudaira Masao, Okudaira Masataka, and Okudaira Masanobu developed a keen interest in Western science and technology. In this environment, some of the Okudairas-serving samurai families produced personalities such as Fukuzawa Yukichi and Obata Tokujirō , who played an important role in the modernization of Japan after the Meiji Restoration .

List of feudal lords

Hosokawa , 1600–1632 ( Tozama daimyō ; 399,000 Koku )

  1. Hosokawa Tadaoki ( 細 川 忠 興 )
  2. (Hosokawa Tadatoshi ( 細 川 忠 利 ) administered Nakatsu as part of the Kokura fiefdom )

Ogasawara , 1632–1716 ( Fudai daimyō ; 80,000 → 40,000 Koku)

  1. Ogasawara Nagatsugu ( 小 笠原 長 次 )
  2. Ogasawara Nagakatsu ( 小 笠原 長勝 )
  3. Ogasawara Nagatane ( 小 笠原 長 胤 )
  4. Ogasawara Naganobu ( 小 笠原 長 円 )
  5. Ogasawara Nagasato ( 小 笠原 長 邕 )

Okudaira , 1717–1872 (Fudai daimyō; 100,000 koku)

  1. Okudaira Masashige ( 奥 平昌 成 )
  2. Okudaira Masaatsu ( 奥 平昌 敦 )
  3. Okudaira Masaka ( 奥 平昌 鹿 )
  4. Okudaira Masao ( 奥 平昌 男 )
  5. Okudaira Masataka ( 奥 平昌 高 )
  6. Okudaira Masanobu ( 奥 平昌 暢 )
  7. Okudaira Masamichi ( 奥 平昌 猷 )
  8. Okudaira Masamoto ( 奥 平昌 服 )
  9. Okudaira Masayuki ( 奥 平昌 邁 )

literature

  • Nakatsushi-shi kankokai (ed.): Nakatsu-shi (story of Nakatsu). Nakatsu: Nakatsushi-shi kankōkai, 1965 ( 中 津市 史 刊行 会 編 『中 津市 史』 中 津市 史 刊行 会 ).
  • Kuroya Naofusa: Nakatsuhan-shi (History of the Fief of Nakatsu). Tōkyō: Kokusho kankōkai, 1987 ( 黒 屋 直 房 著 『中 津 藩 史 史』 国 書刊 行 会 ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The main tower is a 'reconstruction' based on the model of the castle in Hagi in 1964, which is not supported by historical sources.