Akashi Domain

The Akashi Domain (明石藩, Akashi-han) was a feudal domain of Japan. It occupied Akashi District (corresponding to most of the present-day city of Akashi and western part of Kobe) and surroundings in Harima Province. Fudai and Shimpan daimyō were assigned, and frequently reassigned, to Akashi. The domain had its administrative headquarters at Akashi Castle.

Akashi Domain 明石藩
Domain of Japan
1617–1871
Capital	Akashi Castle
• Type	Daimyō
Historical era	Edo period
• Established	1617
• Disestablished	1871
Today part of	Hyogo Prefecture

Akashi Castle

Akashi was established in 1617 when Ikeda Mitsumasa was transferred from the Himeji to the Tottori Domain. Himeji was split, and one piece became the Akashi Domain.

Daimyōs

Seventeen daimyōs from four clans ruled Akashi:

• Ogasawara clan

1. Ogasawara Tadazane

• Matsudaira clan (Toda)

1. Matsudaira (Toda) Yasunao
2. Matsudaira (Toda) Mitsushige

• Ōkubo clan

1. Ōkubo Tadamoto

• Matsudaira clan (Fujii)

1. Matsudaira (Fujii) Tadakuni
2. Matsudaira (Fujii) Nobuyuki

• Honda clan

1. Honda Masatoshi

• Matsudaira clan (Echizen)

1. Matsudaira (Echizen) Naoakira
2. Matsudaira (Echizen) Naotsune
3. Matsudaira (Echizen) Naosumi
4. Matsudaira (Echizen) Naohiro
5. Matsudaira (Echizen) Naoyuki
6. Matsudaira (Echizen) Naochika
7. Matsudaira (Echizen) Naritsugu
8. Matsudaira (Echizen) Narikoto
9. Matsudaira (Echizen) Yoshinori
10. Matsudaira (Echizen) Naomune

Simplified genealogy (Matsudaira)

• Matsudaira Naomitsu, 3rd head of the Matsudaira (c. 1400 – c. 1488–89)
  • Chikatada, 4th head of the Matsudaira (c. 1431–1531)
    • Nagachika, 5th head of the Matsudaira (1473–1544)
      • Nobutada, 6th head of the Matsudaira (1490–1531)
        • Kiyoyasu, 7th head of the Matsudaira (1511–1536)
          • Hirotada, 8th head of the Matsudaira (1526–1549)
            • Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1st Tokugawa shōgun (1543–1616; r. 1603–1605)
              • Kame-hime (1560-1625), m. Okudaira Nobumasa, 1st daimyō of Kanō (1555–1615)
                • daughter, m. Ōkubo Tadatsune, 1st daimyō of Kisai (1580–1611)
                  • Ōkubo Tadamoto, daimyō of Akashi (1604–1670)
              • Yūki (Matsudaira) Hideyasu, 1st daimyō of Fukui (1574–1607)
                • Naoyoshi, Lord of Ōno (1605-1678)
                  • I. Naoakira, 1st daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1656–1721; Lord of Akashi: 1682–1701)
                    • II. Naotsune, 2nd daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1679–1744; r. 1701–1743)
                      • III. Naosumi, 3rd daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1727–1764; r. 1743–1764)
                        • IV. Naohiro, 4th daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1749–1804; r. 1764–1784)
                          • V. Naoyuki, 5th daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1768–1786; r. 1784–1786)
                          • VI. Naochika, 6th daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1773–1828; r. 1786–1816)
                            • VII. Naritsugu, 7th daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1803–1868; r. 1816–1840)
                              • IX. Yoshinori, 9th daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1826–1897; r. 1844–1869)
                                • X. Naomune, 10th daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1849–1884; Lord: 1869; Governor: 1869–1871)
              • Tokugawa Yorinobu, 1st daimyō of Kishū (1602–1671)
                • Tokugawa Mitsusada, 2nd daimyō of Kishū (1627–1705)
                  • Tokugawa Yoshimune, 8th Tokugawa shōgun (1684–1751; 5th Lord of Kishū: 1705–1716; 8th Tokugawa shōgun: 1716–1745)
                    • Tokugawa Munetada, 1st Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1721–1765)
                      • Tokugawa Harusada, 2nd Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1751–1827)
                        • Tokugawa Ienari, 11th Tokugawa shōgun (1773–1841; r. 1786–1837)
                          • VIII. Matsudaira Narikoto, 8th daimyō of Akashi (3rd creation) (1825–1844; r. 1840–1844)
              • Tokugawa Yorifusa, 1st daimyō of Mito (1603–1661)
                • daughter, m. Honda Masatoshi, daimyō of Akashi (1641–1707)
      • Nobusada (d. 1538)
        • Kiyosada
          • Ietsugu (d. 1563)
            • Tadayoshi (1559–1582)
              • Nobuyoshi, daimyō of Sasayama (1580–1620)
                • I. Tadakuni, 1st daimyō of Akashi (2nd creation) (1597–1659; Lord of Akashi: 1649–1659)
                  • II. Nobuyuki, 2nd daimyō of Akashi (2nd creation) (1631–1686; r. 1659–1679)
  • daughter, m. Toda Munemitsu (1439–1508)
    • Toda Norimitsu
      • Toda Masamitsu
        • Toda Yasumitsu (d. 1547)
          • Toda Yoshimitsu
            • Toda Tadashige
              • Matsudaira Yasunaga, daimyō of Matsumoto (1562–1633)
                • Tadamitsu (1598–1629)
                  • II. Mitsushige, 2nd daimyō of Akashi (1st creation) (1622–1668; r. 1634–1639)
                • I. Yasunao, 1st daimyō of Akashi (1st creation) (1617–1634; Lord of Akashi: cr. 1633)

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References

1. Genealogy (jp)
2. Genealogy (Echizen-Matsudaira) (jp)

This article incorporates material from 明石藩 (Akashi-han) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved October 4, 2007.