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24-517: In 1600, Togawa Michiyasu, a vassal of Ukita Hideie had a falling out with his overlord and defected to the Eastern Army in the Battle of Sekigahara . As a result, he was awarded a 29,200 koku domain by Tokugawa Ieyasu and established his seat at Niwase Castle. The clan ruled for four generations, with each generation whittling down its patrimony through donations to younger brothers, leaving

48-658: A retainer of Nobunaga's successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi , at the Battle of Hiketa . By this point, Hideyoshi had become the most powerful warlord in Japan following the death of Nobunaga the previous year. Hideyoshi's position was insecure and his efforts were occupied on consolidating his rule on Honshu . In 1584, Hideyoshi won a political victory against Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute , securing his position as paramount warlord. Hideyoshi began expanding his rule from outside his base in central Honshu and decided to invade Shikoku. In June, 1585, Hideyoshi amassed

72-588: A "Chief Commander Army of the Left" in the Second Korean campaigns , returning in 1598 to serve as one of Hideyoshi's five counselors ( Council of Five Elders ) along with Maeda Toshiie , Uesugi Kagekatsu , Mōri Terumoto , and Tokugawa Ieyasu . In 1599, a riot occurred within the Ukita clan, as several of Ukita clan vassals such as Togawa tatsuyasu, Sadatsuna Oka, and others rebelled against Hideie. The reason

96-406: A giant army of 113,000 men to invade Shikoku and divided them into three forces. The first, under his half-brother Toyotomi Hidenaga and nephew Toyotomi Hidetsugu , consisted of 60,000 men, and assaulted the provinces of Awa and Tosa, approaching Shikoku via Akashi , Settsu Province . The second force was Ukita Hideie troops led by his uncle Ukita Tadaie , consisted of 23,000 men, and assaulted

120-438: The kazoku peerage in 1884. As with most domains in the han system , Niwase Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka , based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields, g. Ukita Hideie Ukita Hideie ( 宇喜多 秀家 , 1572 – December 17, 1655) was the daimyō of Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces (modern Okayama Prefecture ), and one of

144-559: The Battle of Sekigahara . In the field, his army fought against Fukushima Masanori , what is said to have been one of the bloodiest confrontations in the Sekigahara battle. In early battle, Ukita's troops were winning the battle and pushing back Masanori's army, however, being unaware that his allies stationed nearby had made a secret deal with the enemy, his momentum was halted, when his allies attacked and together with turncoats. Later, Masanori's army took control of, and eastern army won

168-468: The council of Five Elders appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi . Son of Ukita Naoie , he married Gōhime , a daughter of Maeda Toshiie . Having fought against Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara he was exiled to the island prison of Hachijō-jima , where he died. Hideie's father Ukita Naoie was daimyō of Bizen province and initially opposed, but later sided with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi . Naoie died in 1581, and Hideie became

192-503: The 1570s, Chōsokabe Motochika launched a campaign to personally unify Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands, and defeated a number of samurai rivals over the next decade. In 1580, Chōsokabe came into conflict with Oda Nobunaga after rejecting a request to submit to him. By 1583, Chōsokabe was the most powerful warlord on Shikoku and had conquered most of the island's four provinces of Iyo , Sanuki , Awa , and Tosa . That year, Chōsokabe had defeated Sengoku Hidehisa ,

216-611: The 4th daimyō , Togawa Yasukaze, with only 20,000 koku before the domain was dissolved through attainder after his death without heir in 1679. Four years later, in 1683, Kuze Shigeyuki from the Sekiyado Domain in Shimōsa Province revived the domain at 50,000 koku but as his status was not that of a "castle-holding daimyō", he set up a jin'ya in the Ni-no-Maru Bailey of former Niwase Castle. In 1686, he

240-630: The Maeda clan and was able to correspond and send gifts (rice, sake, clothing) to her husband and sons from there. Hideie eventually outlived his wife and all of the Sengoku Jidai era samurai except Sanada Nobuyuki . He was offered a conditional pardon after Ieyasu's death, but declined and never returned to the mainland. His wife had died, the Toyotomi were defeated, there was no place to return to, his sons had fathered children on Hachijojima, and

264-616: The Shogunate was to be inherited by members of the Tokugawa clan. There is no evidence to suggest that Hideie fathered any further children himself, but many of his sons' descendants emigrated back to the Japanese mainland when a full pardon was granted at the end of the Edo era. Invasion of Shikoku (1585) Toyotomi victory The Invasion of Shikoku ( 四国平定 , Shikoku heitei )

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288-551: The Tokugawa shogunate of Hideie's location. Tadatsune and Hideie's relative Maeda Toshinaga , however, negotiate with Ieyasu and he escaped the death penalty, and he was confined in Mt. Kuno in Suruga Province instead. Later, he was forced to appear before Tokugawa himself where he was sentenced to exile on the island of Hachijō-jima , along with several supporters, including his two sons. Gohime, (Hideie's wife) sought refuge with

312-622: The battle. One of the defectors, Kobayakawa Hideaki , was granted Okayama Castle and surrounding Ukita territories by the Tokugawa as a reward for his betrayal, which is believed to have been the decisive factor in the Tokugawa victory. Hideie was angered by the betrayal and initially intended to hunt down Kobayakawa for a man-to-man duel but was stopped by his advisors. After escaping the battle, he went into hiding in Satsuma Province where his former allies protected him for several years. In 1603 however, Shimazu Tadatsune informed

336-550: The castle from siege, before Ichinomiya finally surrendered. With the surrender of the Ichinomiya castle, Chosokabe Motochika himself surrendered on the 11th day of the 7th month of Tenshō 13 (6 August 1585). Chosokabe was allowed to keep the province of Tosa, but the rest of the island was divided among Hideyoshi's generals. Chōsokabe was allowed to keep Tosa Province but stripped of the three other provinces of Shikoku, which were then divided among Hideyoshi's generals. Awa

360-402: The head of the Ukita clan. As Hideie was still young (10 years old), it was Hideie's uncle (Ukita Tadaie) who acted as leader of the Ukita army until Hideie coming of age, in particular, Tadaie served on behalf of Hideie as a commander in numerous battles (under Toyotomi Hideyoshi). However, during the siege of Bitchū Takamatsu Castle in 1582, Nobunaga was assassinated on June 2 of that year, but

384-525: The master of Yasumasa, which is Ieyasu Tokugawa. These defections caused massive setback for the Ukita clan politically and militarily while strengthening the Tokugawa clan. After Hideyoshi died in 1598, leaving his five-year-old son Hideyori as his successor and Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to take control. As he was very close to Hideyoshi, Ukita naturally sided with the Toyotomi loyalists under Ishida Mitsunari (the Western army). He took 17,000 men to fight in

408-508: The province of Sanuki. The third force was led by Mōri "Two Rivers", Kobayakawa Takakage and Kikkawa Motoharu , consisted of 30,000 men, and advanced on the province of Iyo. In total, it took 600 larger ships and 103 smaller ships to transport Hideyoshi's army across the Seto Inland Sea to Shikoku. Chōsokabe chose to fight to defend his territories with his force of 40,000 men, despite the overwhelming size of Hideyoshi's army and

432-516: The siege continued until the castle fell two days later. Hideyoshi raced back to Kyoto, leaving the Ukita clan in charge of Bizen , Mimasaka and newly taken parts of Bitchū Province . The Ukita were also to keep watch on Mōri Terumoto to the west. In 1585, Hideie's forces under Ukita Tadaie led 23,000 men Toyotomi's forces in the Shikoku campaign against Chosokabe Motochika . In 1586, Hideie

456-454: The suggestions of his advisors to submit. In June, Hideyoshi's army invaded Shikoku, winning a string of victories and securing many castles across the island over the next two months. By August, Hideyoshi's invasion culminated in the siege of Ichinomiya Castle , with around 40,000 men under Hidenaga besieging the castle for 26 days. Hidenaga managed to destroy the water source of Ichinomiya Castle, and Chōsokabe half-heartedly tried to relieve

480-534: Was Hideie's favoritism towards Nakamura Jirobe, which further escalates into an armed rebellion which even Hideie could not resolve. In response, Sakakibara Yasumasa and Ōtani Yoshitsugu , were appointed as inspectors to mediate this incident. In the end, Yasumasa successfully reconciled the case, and the armed riot was resolved without bloodshed. However, the aftermath of this incident caused many of Hideie retainers to defect from Hideie's clan. Some retainers, such as Sakazaki Naomori , changed their allegiance into

504-681: Was a conflict of the Sengoku period of Japan fought between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Chōsokabe Motochika on the island of Shikoku in 1585. Hideyoshi invaded Shikoku with a force of over 100,000 men in June and led a campaign against the Chōsokabe clan force of 40,000 men for control over the island. Hideyoshi's army was successful and conquered most of Shikoku within two months, and defeated Chōsokabe when he surrendered Ichinomiya Castle in August. In

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528-593: Was married to Hideyoshi's adopted daughter, Gōhime. (She had been adopted by Hideyoshi from Maeda Toshiie ). Later, He participated in the Kyushu Conquest in 1587. In 1590, Hideie joined Hideyoshi's military campaigns in the Odawara campaign against Hōjō Ujimasa . Following the unification of Japan under Hideyoshi, in 1592, Hideyoshi appointed Hideie as field marshal at First Korean campaigns , he command "Reserves Division". Later in 1597, Hideie became

552-513: Was reduced further to 20,000 koku . The Itakura clan ruled for the next 172 years until the end of the Edo period . The domain school, the Sei'ikan (誠意館), was founded in 1818. In 1871, the domain became "Niwase Prefecture" due to the abolition of the han system . Later, it was incorporated into Okayama Prefecture via Fukatsu and Oda Prefectures. The Itakura family was made a viscount ( shishaku ) in

576-659: Was transferred to Tanba-Kameyama Domain in Tanba Province . Seven years later, in 1693, Matsudaira Nobumichi from Kodome Domain in Yamato Province revived the domain, albeit at a kokudaka of 30,000 koku . He was transferred to Kaminoyama Domain in Dewa Province in 1697. In 1699, Itakura Shigetaka was transferred from Takataki Domain in Kazusa Province , but the kokudaka of the domain

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