Otsu Prefecture - Otsu

Japanese: 大津県 - おおつけん

…In the Zeze Domain and the Minakuchi Domain, the clans were divided into those who supported the shogunate and those who supported the imperial government, but following the example of the Hikone Domain, some sided with the anti-shogunate faction. The Otsu Court, established in January 1868 (Meiji 1), was renamed Otsu Prefecture in April, and came under its jurisdiction over the shogunate's territories, two domains, two imperial families, and 86 hatamoto (samurai retainers of the Shogunate). In July 1871, the feudal domains were abolished and prefectures were established, and the various domains continued to call themselves prefectures, but in November, Omi Province was divided into north and south, and was merged into Otsu Prefecture and Nagahama Prefecture. …

From Shiga Prefecture

...At the end of the Edo period, the Hikone Domain, Zeze, Minakuchi, Omizo, Nishioji, Yamagami, Miyagawa, and Mikami Domains were established, and the area was also complicated with the Tenryo Domain, Hatamoto Domain, other domains' enclaves, temple and shrine domains, noble domains, and imperial family domains. In 1868 (Meiji 1), the Otsu Court was established, followed by the Otsu Prefecture, which governed the Tenryo Domain and other domains one after another, and in 1871, annexed the Omizo Domain. Meanwhile, in 1870, the Endo clan of the Mikami Domain moved to Izumi Province (Yoshimi Domain), and the Mizuno clan of the Yamagata Domain in Uzen Province was transferred to the domain, which was established as the Asahiyama Domain. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Otsu Prefecture" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…膳所藩，水口藩などでも，家中は勤王派，佐幕派と分かれて抗争する所があったが，彦根藩にならい討幕派についた。　1868年(明治1)1月設置された大津裁判所は，4月大津県と改め，幕領，2藩，2宮家，86旗本の所領を管轄下に置いた。71年7月廃藩置県により諸藩はそのまま県を呼称したが，11月近江国を南北二分し，大津県と長浜県に統合された。…

【滋賀[県]】より

…江戸末期には彦根藩をはじめ，膳所（ぜぜ），水口（みなくち），大溝，西大路，山上，宮川，三上の諸藩が置かれていたほか，天領，旗本領，他藩の飛地，寺社領，公家領，宮家領が複雑に入り組んでいた。1868年(明治1)大津裁判所，続いて大津県が置かれて天領はじめ諸領地をつぎつぎと管下に治め，71年大溝藩を併合した。一方，70年に三上藩遠藤氏が和泉国へ移ったが(吉見藩)，新たに羽前国山形藩水野氏が移封されて朝日山藩として立藩した。…

※「大津県」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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