Tottori Domain

Tottori Domain (鳥取藩, Tottori-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Inaba Province and Hōki Province in modern-day Tottori Prefecture.[1]

Tottori Domain
鳥取藩
Domain of Japan
1600–1871
CapitalTottori Castle
 • TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1600
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofTottori Prefecture

In the han system, Tottori was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[2] In other words, the domain was defined in terms of kokudaka, not land area.[3] This was different from the feudalism of the West.

History
An inner gate of Tottori Castle

The domain was ruled from by different branches of the Ikeda clan. The center of the domain was Tottori Castle.

List of daimyōs

The hereditary daimyōs were head of the clan and head of the domain.

  1. Nagayoshi
  2. Nagayuki
  1. Mitsumasa[4]
  1. Mitsunaka
  2. Tsunakiyo
  3. Yoshiyasu
  4. Muneyasu
  5. Shigenobu
  6. Harumichi
  7. Narikuni
  8. Naritoshi
  9. Narimichi
  10. Yoshiyuki
  11. Yoshitaka
  12. Yoshinori

Simplified family tree (Ikeda daimyōs of Tottori)
  • Ikeda Tsuneoki (1536–1584)
    • Terumasa, 1st Lord of Himeji (1565–1613)
      • Toshitaka, 2nd Lord of Himeji (1584–1616)
        • I. Mitsumasa, 3rd Lord of Himeji, 1st Lord of Tottori (2nd creation) (1609–1682; Lord of Himeji: 1614–1617; Lord of Tottori: 1617–1632)
          • Tsunamasa, 2nd Lord of Okayama (3rd creation) (1638–1714)
            • Masazumi, 6th Lord of Amaki (1706–1766)
              • Shizuko, m. Ichijō Michika (1722–1769)
                • Ichijō Mitsuruko (1752–1786), m. Tokugawa Harumori, 6th Lord of Mito (1751–1805)
                  • Tokugawa Harutoshi, 7th Lord of Mito (1773–1816)
                    • Tokugawa Nariaki, 9th Lord of Mito (1800–1860)
                      • XII. Ikeda (Tokugawa) Yoshikatsu, 12th Lord of Tottori, 12th family head (1837–1877; r. 1850–1869; Governor: 1869–1871; family head: 1869–1877), m. Ikeda Hiroko (1842–1872; see below)
                        • Terutomo, 13th family head, 1st Marquess (1852–1890; family head: 1877–1890; 1st Marquess: 1884)
                          • Kyōko (1884–1923). m. Ikeda (Tokugawa) Nakahiro, 14th family head, 2nd Marquess (1877–1948; family head: 1890–1948; 2nd Marquess: 1890–1946)
                            • Narizane, 15th family head (1904–1993; family head: 1948–1993). He adopted a son:
                              • Toshio, 16th family head (b. 1934)
        • Tadakatsu, 2nd Lord of Okayama (2nd creation) (1602–1632)
          • I. Mitsunaka, 1st Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1630–1693; r. 1632–1685)
            • II. Tsunakiyo, 2nd Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1648–1711; r. 1685–1700)
            • Nakasumi, Lord of Tottori-Shinden (1650–1722)
              • III. Yoshiyasu, 3rd Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1687–1739; r. 1700–1739)
                • IV. Muneyasu, 4th Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1717–1747; r. 1739–1747)
                  • V. Shigenobu, 5th Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1746–1783; r. 1747–1783)
                    • VI. Harumichi, 6th Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1768–1798; r. 1783–1798)
                      • VII. Narikuni, 7th Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1787–1807; r. 1798–1807)
                      • VIII. Naritoshi, 8th Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1788–1830; r. 1807–1830)
                        • IX. Narimichi, 9th Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1830–1841; r. 1830–1841)
                    • Nakamasa, 7th Lord of Tottori-Shinden (1780–1841)
                      • Nakanori, 8th Lord of Tottori-Shinden (1805–1850)
                        • X. Yoshiyuki, 10th Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1832–1848; r. 1841–1848)
                        • Seiko (1834–1879) m. XI. Ikeda (Maeda) Yoshitaka, 11th Lord of Tottori (3rd creation) (1834–1850; r. 1848–1850)
      • Teruzumi, Lord of Shikano (1604–1662)
        • Masatake, 2nd Lord of Fukumoto (1649–1687)
          • Masachika (1684–1751)
            • Masakatsu (1709–1782)
              • Sadatsune, 5th Lord of Wakasa (1767–1833)
                • Sadayasu, 7th Lord of Wakasa (1805–1847)
                  • Hiroko (1842–1872). m. XII. Ikeda (Tokugawa) Yoshikatsu, 12th Lord of Tottori (see above)
    • I. Nagayoshi, 1st Lord of Tottori (1st creation) (1570–1614; r. 1600–1614)
      • II. Nagayuki, 2nd Lord of Tottori (1st creation) (1587–1632; r. 1614–1617)

[5]

The monuments at the graves of Tottori daimyo have a common feature. They are each resting on the back of a turtle.

  • Ikeda Mitsunaka (1630-1693)
  • Ikeda Muneyasu (1717-1747)
  • Ikeda Harumichi (1768-1798)
  • Ikeda Narikuni (1787-1807)
  • Ikeda Narimichi (1820-1841)
  • Ikeda Yoshiyuki (1832-1848)
  • Ikeda Yoshitaka (1834-1850)

See also

References
Map of Japan, 1789 – the Han system affected cartography
  1. "Inaba Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-4-11.
  2. Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150.
  3. Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.
  4. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Ikeda" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 14 [PDF 18 of 80]; retrieved 2013-4-25.
  5. Ikeda (Tottori) genealogy (jp)

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