Kamogata Domain

During the Edo period, this was a branch of the Okayama (Ikeda) Domain, which had its headquarters in Kamogata, Asakuchi County, Bitchu Province (Okayama Prefecture). In 1672 (Kanbun 12), Ikeda Mitsumasa's second son Masakoto was granted 25,000 koku in the three counties of Bitchu Province, Asakuchi, Kuboya, and Oda, and established the domain. Since then, the domain has held the fief for 10 generations, leading up to the Meiji Restoration. In 1868 (Keio 4), the Boshin War broke out, and the Okayama Domain was forced to overthrow the shogunate. The 11th lord of the domain, Ikeda Mochimasa, the younger brother of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, retired, and the 9th lord of the Kamogata Domain, Masaaki, was supported by the pro-imperial and anti-shogunate faction and took over the main domain, changing his name to Akimasa. In 1871, the feudal domain was abolished, and the area passed through Kamogata, Fukatsu, and Oda prefectures before being incorporated into Okayama prefecture.

[Akihiko Hitomi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸時代、備中(びっちゅう)国（岡山県）浅口(あさくち)郡鴨方に陣屋を置いた岡山（池田）藩の支藩。池田光政(みつまさ)の次子政言(まさこと)が1672年（寛文12）備中国浅口、窪屋(くぼや)、小田(おだ)3郡内に2万5000石を与えられて立藩、以来10代にわたって在封して明治維新に至る。1868年（慶応4）戊辰(ぼしん)戦争が起こり、討幕を余儀なくされた岡山藩は、徳川慶喜(よしのぶ)の実弟である11代藩主池田茂政(もちまさ)が隠退し、鴨方藩9代政詮(まさあき)が尊王討幕派に擁立されて本藩を継ぎ、章政(あきまさ)と改名した。71年廃藩、鴨方・深津・小田県を経て岡山県に編入。

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