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28-535: Following the Battle of Odawara in 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi assigned the Kantō region to Tokugawa Ieyasu , who confirmed Sakakibara Yasumasa , one of this Four Generals as daimyō of Tatebayashi, with revenues of 100,000 koku . Yasumasa built Tatebayashi Castle and the surrounding castle town , as well as constructing waterworks protecting the new town from flooding. His son Sakakibara Yatsukatsu participated in

56-480: The wakadoshiyori Ōta Sukeharu who remained until appointed Osaka jōdai in 1734. Tatebayashi remained vacant in 1740, when Sukeharu’s son Ōta Suketoshi was finally appointed daimyo. He was transferred to Kakegawa Domain in Tōtōmi Province in 1746 and Matsudaira Takechika (now a rōjū ) returned from Tanakura. In December 1769, his holdings were increased to 61,000 koku . His grandson Matsudaira Nariyasu

84-628: The Siege of Osaka , and his nephew and heir Sakakibara Tadatsugu received permission to use the Matsudaira surname and an increase in revenues to 110,000 koku in 1625. He was transferred to Shirakawa Domain in Mutsu Province in 1643. Tatebayashi Domain was then assigned to Matsudaira Norinaga , who served as rōjū under Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu with revenues set at 60,000 koku . However, when his son, Matsudaira Norihisa took over

112-485: The Court, under the threat of military action. In return for surrendering their hereditary authority to the central government, the daimyos were re-appointed as non-hereditary governors of their former domains (which were renamed as prefectures), and were allowed to keep ten percent of the tax revenues, based on actual rice production (which was greater than the nominal rice production upon which their feudal obligations under

140-465: The Hōjō defenders' will to resist and they surrendered. In addition to taking Odawara Castle , Hideyoshi also defeated the Hōjō at their outposts, led by Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Kagekatsu this army captured the Hōjō strongholds one-by-one: Matsuida Castle , Minowa Castle , Maebashi Castle , Matsuyama Castle and Hachigata castle before finally arriving at Hachiōji Castle , and Shizuoka in and near

168-559: The Odawara Campaign against Hōjō. Ujimasa held a faint hope that Date Masamune would come to offer support, and if the battle reached a stalemate, Tokugawa Ieyasu would defect to our side. The massive army of Toyotomi Hideyoshi surrounded the castle in what has been called "the most unconventional siege lines in samurai history." The samurai were entertained by everything from concubines, prostitutes, and musicians to acrobats, fire-eaters, and jugglers. The defenders slept on

196-491: The Shogunate were formerly based). As governors, the former daimyos could name subordinates, but only if the subordinates met qualification levels established by the central government. Furthermore, hereditary stipends to their samurai retainers were paid out of the prefectural office by the central government, and not directly by the governor, a move calculated to further weaken the traditional feudal ties. The term daimyō

224-530: The Tokugawa cause. These lands accounted for approximately a quarter of the land area of Japan and were reorganized into prefectures with governors appointed directly by the central government. The second phase in the abolition of the han came in 1869. The movement was spearheaded by Kido Takayoshi of the Chōshū Domain , with the backing of court nobles Iwakura Tomomi and Sanjō Sanetomi . Kido persuaded

252-571: The actions of Chōshū Domain , and retired after receiving word of the Kinmon Incident . The domain attempted to remain neutral in the Boshin War , but after paying a fine of 20,000 ryō to the new Meiji government , was allowed to send its forces to participate in the campaign in the northern Japan against the remaining pro-Tokugawa forces of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei , for which it received an increase in revenues to 70,000 koku . After

280-497: The castle to the besieging forces on the condition that his clan would not be abolished. While the Chiba were consequently divested of all of their holdings, many of their senior members were taken into service by Tokugawa retainer Ii Naomasa , thanks to aid he had received many years earlier from the clan during the occupation of Takeda Katsuyori's Tsutsujigasaki Castle . However, at Siege of Oshi castle led by Ishida Mitsunari ,

308-411: The defenders surrendered after hearing word that their lord had been defeated at Odawara. Hōjō Ujimasa failed to hold Odawara against the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and finally Odawara was taken. Later, Ujimasa was forced to commit suicide along with his brother Ujiteru . Tokugawa Ieyasu , one of Hideyoshi's top generals, was given the Hōjō lands. Though Hideyoshi could not have guessed it at

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336-714: The domain in 1654, he set aside 5,000 koku for his younger brother Norimasa . He was transferred to Sakura Domain in Shimōsa Province in 1661. The domain was then given to the younger brother of Shōgun Tokugawa Ietsuna , the future Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi with revenues increased to 250,000 koku . However, Tsunayoshi never actually set foot in Tatebayashi, preferring to remain in Edo . After he became Shōgun in 1680, he assigned Tatebayashi to his infant son, Tokugawa Tokumatsu. When Tokumatsu died in 1683, Tatebayashi Castle

364-649: The eastern side besieged by the Tokugawa, Chōsokabe (in Xtreme Legends only), Shimazu , and Date armies, and the western side besieged by the Toyotomi main army. In the Sengoku Basara Season 2 anime, Odawara Castle was the setting for the fight between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Date Masamune. Hideyoshi was killed in the castle at Masamune's hands. Afterward, Ishida Mitsunari went to the castle to grieve his master's demise. Abolition of

392-669: The end of the conflict, with the abolition of the han system in July 1871, Tatebayashi Domain became “Tatebayashi Prefecture”, which later became part of Gunma Prefecture. The domain had a population of 75,057 people in 15,868 households per a census in 1869. As with most domains in the han system , Tatebayashi Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka , based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. Siege of Odawara (1590) The third Siege of Odawara ( 小田原征伐 , Odawara seibatsu ) occurred in 1590, and

420-662: The han system The abolition of the han system ( 廃藩置県 , haihan-chiken ) in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, the starting year of the Meiji period . Under the reform, all daimyos ( 大名 , daimyō , feudal lords) were required to return their authority to the Emperor Meiji and his house . The process

448-463: The large number of ex- samurai revolts occurring around the country. In August 1871, Okubo, assisted by Saigō Takamori , Kido Takayoshi , Iwakura Tomomi and Yamagata Aritomo , forced through an Imperial Edict which reorganized the 261 surviving ex-feudal domains into three urban prefectures ( fu ) and 302 prefectures ( ken ). The number was then reduced through consolidation the following year to three urban prefectures and 72 prefectures, and later to

476-496: The lords of Chōshū and of Satsuma , the two leading domains in the overthrow of the Tokugawa, to voluntarily surrender their domains to the Emperor. Between July 25, 1869, and August 2, 1869, fearing that their loyalty would be questioned, the daimyos of 260 other domains followed suit. Only 14 domains failed to initially comply voluntarily with the return of the domains ( 版籍奉還 , hanseki hōkan ) , and were then ordered to do so by

504-496: The nation, after several campaigns following the death of Oda Nobunaga in 1582. Hideyoshi asked Hōjō Ujimasa and Ujinao (father and son), to attend the imperial visit to Jurakudai (Hideyoshi's residence and office in Kyoto), but Ujimasa refused. However, Ujimasa proposed to reschedule the visit to spring or summer of 1590, but Hideyoshi in turn refused the proposal, which worsened their relationship. In May 1590, Hideyoshi launched

532-407: The present three urban prefectures and 44 prefectures by 1888. The central government accomplished this reorganization by promising the former daimyos a generous stipend, absorbing the domain's debts, and promising to convert the domain currency ( hansatsu ) to the new national currency at face value. The central treasury proved unable to support such generosity, so in 1874, the ex-daimyōs' stipend

560-455: The ramparts with their arquebuses and armor; despite their smaller numbers, they discouraged Hideyoshi from attacking. So, for the most part, this siege consisted of traditional starvation tactics. Only a few small skirmishes erupted around the castle, as when a group of miners from Kai Province dug under the castle walls, allowing men under Ii Naomasa to enter. After three months, the sudden appearance of Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle took away

588-498: The southwestern part of the Kantō region . Included Shimoda fortress at Ise Province led by Chosokabe Motochika , where Hideyoshi's naval forces defeated the Izu suigun . The Chiba clan , allies of the Hōjō in Shimōsa , also saw Sakura Castle fall to Honda Tadakatsu and Sakai Ietsugu of the Tokugawa army during the campaign. Chiba Shigetane , daimyō of the Chiba, surrendered

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616-475: The time, this would turn out to be a great stepping-stone towards Tokugawa's attempts at conquest and the office of shogun. The tea master Yamanoue Sōji was at the service of the Odawara lords. He was sentenced to death by torture. The siege of Odawara is the climax of Hideyoshi's story in the video game Samurai Warriors 2 . Due to the sheer size of Odawara Castle in the game, it is divided into two stages,

644-431: Was abolished in July 1869 as well, with the formation of the kazoku peerage system. Although the former daimyos had become government employees, they still retained a measure of military and fiscal independence, and enjoyed the customary veneration of their former subjects. This was considered an increasing threat to central authority by Ōkubo Toshimichi and other members of the new Meiji oligarchy , especially with

672-482: Was accomplished in several stages, resulting in a new centralized government of Meiji Japan and the replacement of the old feudal system with a new oligarchy . After the defeat of forces loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War in 1868, the new Meiji government confiscated all lands formerly under direct control of the Shogunate ( tenryō ) and lands controlled by daimyos who remained loyal to

700-451: Was allowed to fall to ruin and the domain was abolished. The domain was revived in 1707 for the grandson of Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu , Matsudaira Kiyotake , who was allotted only 24,000 koku . He received an increase to 34,000 koku in 1710 and to 54,000 koku in 1712. His grandson Matsudaira Takechika was transferred to Tanakura Domain in Mutsu in 1728. He was replaced at Tatebayashi by

728-518: Was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi 's campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as a threat to his power. The months leading up to it saw hasty but major improvements in the defense of the castle, as Hideyoshi's intentions became clear. Thus, despite the overwhelming force brought to bear by Hideyoshi, the siege saw little actual fighting. In 1588, Toyotomi Hideyoshi succeeded in re-unifying

756-491: Was transferred to Hamada Domain in Iwami Province in 1836. Inoue Masaharu was then transferred from Tanakura to Tatebayashi, and his revenues were set at 60,000 koku . In 1845 he was sent to Hamamatsu Domain . In 1845, Akimoto Yukitomo was transferred from Yamagata Domain to Tatebayashi. He was, along with Tokugawa Nariaki of Mito Domain , a strong supporter of the sonnō jōi movement. However, he opposed

784-438: Was transformed into government bonds with a face value equivalent to five years' worth of stipends, and paying five percent interest per year. Samurai serving former daimyos also received tradable government bonds of former salary dependent value. The owners of the bonds received interest until the bonds were reimbursed, which was decided by annual lottery. In 30 years, all bonds for samurais were reimbursed. Makino Nobuaki ,

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