Ikusaka Domain

A branch of the Okayama Domain. It was founded by Terutoshi Ikeda (Masamichi Hachinojo), the third son of Mitsumasa Ikeda, the lord of the Okayama Domain. Terutoshi was the adopted son of Wakahara Kenmotsu and then Kumazawa Banzan. In 1657 (Meireki 3), he inherited Banzan's fief of 3,000 koku and became a clerk. When Mitsumasa retired in 1672 (Kanbun 12), he was given 15,000 koku of land, including new fields, from the Bitchu domain of the Okayama Domain. It was established as Ikusaka Domain in 1870 (Meiji 3). Until then, the main domain had ruled the area, and in the same year, a domain office was established at Shinonome-in Temple in Ikusaka Village, Bitchu Province (now Kurashiki City), but the following year in 1871, the domains were abolished and prefectures were established, making it Ikusaka Prefecture.

[Hajime Shibata]

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岡山藩の支藩。外様(とざま)。藩祖は岡山藩主池田光政(みつまさ)の三男池田輝録(てるとし)〔八之丞政倫(まさみち)〕。輝録は若原監物(けんもつ)、ついで熊沢蕃山(ばんざん)の養子となり、1657年（明暦3）蕃山の知行(ちぎょう)3000石を相続し番頭(ばんがしら)となる。1672年（寛文12）光政隠退のとき、岡山藩備中(びっちゅう)領分のうち新田を含む1万5000石を分与される。生坂藩として立藩したのは1870年（明治3）。それまでは本藩が支配し、同年備中国生坂村（倉敷市）東雲院に藩方を設けたが、翌1871年廃藩置県で生坂県となる。

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