Amagasaki Domain

During the Edo period, this clan ruled the area around Amagasaki, Settsu (Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture). The Takebe clan, who had been the governor of Amagasaki, continued to serve as the governor of the Tokugawa clan even after the Battle of Sekigahara, but in 1615 (Genwa 1), Takebe Masanaga was appointed as a daimyo and transferred to Harima, and Toda Ujikane was appointed from Zeze in Omi to the clan with a fief of 50,000 koku. Ujikane built Amagasaki Castle and worked to develop the castle town, and in 1635 (Kan'ei 12), he was transferred to Mino. In the same year, the Aoyama clan was appointed from Kakegawa in Totomi, and after four generations of Yukinari, Yoshitoshi, Yoshimasa, and Yoshihide, he was transferred to Shinano in 1711 (Shotoku 1). Next, Matsudaira Tadataka was appointed from Kakegawa, Totomi Province, with a fief of 40,000 koku, and Tadakira, Tadatsugu, Tadatomi, Tadanori, Tadanaga, and Tadaoki ruled over 160 years, over seven generations, during which time various industries in the domain flourished. The shogunate, noting the domain's abundant economic power, expropriated the villages of Nadame from Imazu and Nishinomiya to Hyogo-tsu in 1769 (Meiwa 6), and gave them land in exchange in Harima. Having lost the majority of its territory, the Amagasaki domain was left in financial difficulty until the Meiji Restoration, and after the abolition of the domain, it was incorporated into Hyogo Prefecture, via Amagasaki Prefecture.

[Atsushi Fujimoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸時代、摂津尼崎（兵庫県尼崎市）周辺を領有した藩。尼崎郡代であった建部(たけべ)氏が、関ヶ原の戦い後も引き続き徳川氏の郡代を務めていたが、1615年（元和1）建部政長(まさなが)が大名に取り立てられ播磨(はりま)へ転じ、かわって近江(おうみ)膳所(ぜぜ)から戸田氏鉄(うじかね)が5万石で入封立藩。氏鉄は尼崎城を新築して城下町の形成に努め、1635年（寛永12）美濃(みの)へ移封。同年遠江(とおとうみ)掛川から青山氏が入封し、幸成(ゆきなり)、幸利(よしとし)、幸督(よしまさ)、幸秀(よしひで)と4代続いたあと、1711年（正徳1）信濃(しなの)へ移封された。ついで遠江掛川から松平忠喬(ただたか)が4万石で入封し、忠名(ただあきら)、忠告(ただつぐ)、忠宝(ただとみ)、忠誨(ただのり)、忠栄(ただなが)、忠興(ただおき)と7代160年にわたり在封、この間、藩内の諸産業は大いに興隆した。その豊かな経済力に注目した幕府は、1769年（明和6）今津(いまづ)、西宮(にしのみや)から兵庫津までの灘目(なだめ)の村々を収公し、播磨に替地を与えた。所領の主要部分を失った尼崎藩は、財政窮乏のまま明治維新に至り、廃藩後、尼崎県を経て兵庫県に編入された。

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