Karatsu Domain

A domain located in Matsuura, Hizen Province (Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture). All domain lords except for the Terazawa clan were Fudai. In 1587 (Tensho 15), Toyotomi Hideyoshi granted the Hata clan's former territory of the Kamimatsuura region, but in 1593 (Bunroku 2), he confiscated it and gave the remaining land, 63,000 koku, to Terazawa Hirotaka. The Terazawa clan also held 20,000 koku in Izumi County, Satsuma Province (Kagoshima Prefecture), but later received an additional 40,000 koku in Amakusa as recognition for their achievements in the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1614 (Keicho 19), they exchanged their territories for Ito County, Chikuzen Province (Fukuoka Prefecture), and Izumi County, becoming a feudal lord with 123,000 koku in Matsuura, Amakusa, and Ito County. In a general land survey in 1616 (Genwa 2), their kokudaka was increased to over 150,700 koku. After the Shimabara Rebellion in 1637 (Kan'ei 14), their Amakusa territory was confiscated, and in 1644 (Shoho 1), the clan became an heirless family with the suicide of its lord, Katataka, and their territory temporarily became the property of the shogunate. After that, in 1649 (Keian 2), Okubo Tadamoto (fudai) entered the domain from Akashi, Harima (Hyogo Prefecture), and established a new domain with a fief of 83,000 koku. In 1674 (Enpo 2), there were changes to agricultural policy, such as the implementation of a system of village transfer for village headmen, but in 1678, the second lord Tadatomo was transferred to Sakura, Shimousa (Chiba Prefecture), and Matsudaira Norihisa entered the domain from the same place and was given a fief of 70,000 koku. The Matsudaira clan continued in Noriharu and Norimura, but in 1691 (Genroku 4), they moved to Toba, Shima (Mie Prefecture), and Doi Toshishi entered the domain from the same place. The Doi clan ruled the Karatsu domain for over 80 years, during which time they invited Confucian scholar Yoshitake Houmei and established a prosperous local school, but in 1762 (Horeki 12) they were transferred to Koga in Shimousa (Ibaraki Prefecture). After the Doi clan, Mizuno Tadato, lord of Okazaki in Mikawa (Aichi Prefecture), succeeded him and was given a fief of 60,000 koku, but during the reign of Tadakuni, 10,000 koku was donated to the shogunate, and in 1817 (Bunka 14) the fief was transferred to Hamamatsu in Totomi (Shizuoka Prefecture), and Ogasawara Nagamasa entered the domain from Tanagura in Mutsu (Fukushima Prefecture), and the Ogasawara clan ruled the domain from then until the Meiji period. In 1871 (Meiji 4), the feudal domain was abolished, and the prefectures of Karatsu, Imari, Saga, Mituma, and Nagasaki were separated, before being incorporated into Saga Prefecture, which was re-established in 1883.

[Nagano, Japan]

"Karatsu City History" (1962, Karatsu City)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

肥前国松浦(まつら)（佐賀県唐津市）に置かれた藩。藩主は寺沢氏以外は譜代(ふだい)。1587年（天正15）豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉は波多(はた)氏の旧領上松浦(かみまつら)地方を安堵(あんど)したが、1593年（文禄2）これを没収、跡地6万3000余石は寺沢広高(ひろたか)に与えられた。寺沢氏は薩摩(さつま)国（鹿児島県）出水(いずみ)郡にも2万石を領していたが、のちに関ヶ原の戦いの論功として天草(あまくさ)4万石を加増され、1614年（慶長19）には、筑前(ちくぜん)（福岡県）怡土(いと)郡と出水郡の領地を交換して、松浦・天草・怡土3郡に12万3000石を領する大名となった。1616年（元和2）の総検地で、15万0700余石の石高となった。1637年（寛永14）の島原の乱後、天草の所領を没収され、また1644年（正保1）藩主堅高(かたたか)の自殺により無嗣(むし)絶家となり、所領は一時幕領となった。その後1649年（慶安2）に大久保忠職(ただもと)（譜代）が播磨(はりま)（兵庫県）明石(あかし)から入部し、8万3000石を領して新たに立藩した。1674年（延宝2）には庄屋(しょうや)の転村制を実施するなど農政に変化があったが、1678年2代忠朝(ただとも)は下総(しもうさ)（千葉県）佐倉に移封、かわって同地から松平乗久(のりひさ)が入部して7万石を領した。松平氏は乗春(のりはる)、乗邑(のりむら)と続いたが、1691年（元禄4）志摩（三重県）鳥羽(とば)に移り、同地より土井利益(とします)が入部した。土井氏による唐津藩統治は80余年に及び、この間、儒学者吉武(よしたけ)法命を招くなど郷塾を盛んに興したりしたが、1762年（宝暦12）下総（茨城県）古河(こが)に転封した。土井氏のあと、三河（愛知県）岡崎領主の水野忠任(ただとう)が継いで6万石を領したが、忠邦(ただくに)の代に1万石を幕府に献上、1817年（文化14）遠江(とおとうみ)（静岡県）浜松に転封し、小笠原長昌(おがさわらながまさ)が陸奥(むつ)（福島県）棚倉(たなぐら)から入部、以後、明治に至るまで小笠原氏が統治した。1871年（明治4）廃藩、唐津・伊万里(いまり)・佐賀・三瀦(みつま)・長崎の各県を経て、1883年再置の佐賀県に編入。

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『『唐津市史』（1962・唐津市）』

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