Ojima Clan

The Fudai Domain had its headquarters in Kojimamura Village, Ihara County, Suruga Province (present-day Kojimahonmachi, Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City). It had a fief of 10,000 koku. The lord of the domain was the Matsudaira (Takiwaki) clan. Nobunari (younger brother of Matsudaira Norinobu, lord of Takatsuki Domain), who succeeded the hatamoto Matsudaira Shigenobu (second son of Matsudaira Ienobu, lord of Takatsuki Domain), became a page clerk and shoin clerk before becoming a close aide to the shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and in 1689 (Genroku 2), he was promoted to young elder statesman and appointed as a daimyo. In 1698, the territories of Kozuke and Musashi were transferred to Suruga Province, and the clan was established in Sunpu (Shizuoka Prefecture) and called Abenoya (Abeya) Clan. In 1704 (Hoei 1), during the reign of Shinji, the clan's camp was moved to Kojima, and it was called Kojima Clan from then on, which continued until 1868 (Meiji 1), when the Shizuoka (Sunpu) Clan was established, and the clan was transferred to Sakurai, Kazusa (Chiba Prefecture).

Being a small domain, the financial management was unique. The "law to grind five percent of raw rice" implemented with the aim of strengthening tax collection failed miserably due to revolts throughout the domain. Also, the adoption of the Fudai Ashigaru system (go Ashigaru) and Chugen system, which employed peasants to reduce the financial deficit, was a denial of the class system. Also, the author of yellow cover novels, Koikawa Harumachi (Kurahashi Kaku), was a retainer of the Kojima domain based in Edo, and is said to have supplemented his meager rice allowance with side jobs. This is one aspect of the retainers of a small domain that cannot be overlooked.

[Atsuyuki Wakabayashi]

"Shimizu City History" 2 volumes (1976, 77, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)" ▽ "Shimizu City History Materials" 6 volumes (1966-68, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

駿河(するが)国庵原(いはら)郡小島村（現在の静岡市清水(しみず)区小島本町）に陣屋を置く譜代(ふだい)藩。1万石。藩主は松平（滝脇）氏。旗本松平重信(しげのぶ)（高槻(たかつき)藩主松平家信の二男）の後を継いだ信孝(のぶなり)（高槻藩主松平典信(のりのぶ)の弟）は、御小姓番頭(おこしょうばんがしら)、書院番頭を経て将軍徳川綱吉(つなよし)の側近となり、1689年（元禄2）若年寄に進み大名に取り立てられた。1698年上野(こうずけ)・武蔵(むさし)両国の領地を駿河国に移され、駿府(すんぷ)（静岡県）で立藩、阿部入(あべのや)（安倍谷）藩といわれた。1704年（宝永1）信治のとき陣屋を小島に移し、以来小島藩といい、1868年（明治1）の静岡（駿府）藩の成立により上総(かずさ)（千葉県）桜井に転封されるまで続く。

　小藩であったから財政運営には特色があり、年貢収奪強化の目的で実施した「生籾(なまもみ)五分摺(ず)り法」は領内全藩一揆(いっき)によってあえなく失敗、また財政赤字を少なくする目的で百姓を登用した譜代足軽(あしがる)制（郷足軽）や足軽仲間(ちゅうげん)制の採用は、身分制を否定するものである。また黄表紙(きびょうし)作家恋川春町(こいかわはるまち)（倉橋格(くらはしかく)）は小島藩江戸詰の家臣で、乏しい扶持米(ふちまい)を余業で補ったという。小藩家臣団の見逃すことのできない一つの態様である。

［若林淳之］

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