Otsu Court - Otsu Court

...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. ...

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…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。…

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