Tosa (Han)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remembrance of the location of the Tosa residence in Kōchi

Tosa ( Japanese 土 佐 藩 , -han ) was a Han (fiefdom) in Japan during the Edo period , in the area of ​​the historic Japanese province of Tosa , or the modern Kōchi prefecture .

The seat was Kōchi Castle in today's city of Kōchi .

Early history

Tosa was one of around 70 provinces that were established under the imperial government in the 7th century. It occupied the southern half of Shikoku Island . The Hosokawa ruled there for a long time until they were ruled between 1470 and 1573 by the Tosa Ichijō ( 土 佐 一条 氏 , -shi ), a sideline of the noble Ichijō . The last head of the family Ichijō Kanesada (1543-85) lost land and power to his vassal Chōsokabe Motochika after 1568 . His rule was again destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign in 1585.

Edo period

From 1600 until the abolition of the Han in 1871, the Yamanouchi ruled over Tosa at Kōchi Castle .

  1. Yamanouchi Kazutoyo ( 山 内 一 豊 ; 1546–1605) fought on the side of Tokugawa Ieyasu , who gave him Tosa as a fiefdom in 1600 with a considerable income of 242,000 koku . Nevertheless, he belonged to the Tozama daimyo , i.e. to those who were excluded from participation in the shogunate. Followed him
  2. Tadayoshi ( 忠義 ; 1592-1660)
  3. Tadatoyo ( 忠 豊 ; 1609–1669)
  4. Toyomasa ( 豊 昌 ; 1641–1700)
  5. Toyofusa ( 豊 房 ; 1772–1706)
  6. Toyotaka (豊 隆 ; 1673–1720)
  7. Toyotsune ( 豊 常 ; 1711–1725)
  8. Toyonobu ( 豊 敷 ; 1712–1768)
  9. Toyochika ( 豊 雍 ; 1750–1789)
  10. Toyokazu ( 豊 策 ; 1773-1825)
  11. Toyooki ( 豊 興 ; 1793–1809)
  12. Toyosuke ( 豊 資 ; 1794–1872)
  13. Toyoteru ( 豊 熈 ; 1815–1848)
  14. Toyoatsu ( 豊 惇 ; 1824–1848)
  15. Yōdō or Toyoshige ( 容 堂 / 豊 信 ; 1827–1872) took a leading role in the overthrow of the Shogunate and was one of the "four strong princes of Bakumatsu " ( 幕末 の 四 賢 侯 , Bakumatsu no Shikenkō ). He was the first to write to the Shogun at Gotō Shōjirō's suggestion that he should resign and leave the country back to the Tennō. Yōdō held various offices in the new government after the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

Known followers

Remarks

  1. ↑ The other three were Shimazu Nariakira , Date Munenari ( 伊達 宗 城 ; 1818–1892) and Matsudaira Shungaku (1828–1890).

literature

  • S. Noma (Ed.): Tosa domain . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 555

Web links

Commons : Tosa  - collection of images, videos and audio files