Sasayama Domain

This was a domain that ruled the region of Sasayama in Tanba Province (Tanba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture). Before the construction of Sasayama Castle, Maeda Shigekatsu (the second son of Gen'i) and Matsudaira (Matsui) Yasushige lived in Yakami Castle. In 1609 (Keicho 14), the year after Yasushige entered the domain, the shogunate ordered the construction of a castle in Sasayama. Twenty daimyo from 15 provinces in the southwest were ordered to help with the construction, and it was completed within the year, and Yasushige moved to the new castle in December. After that, Matsudaira (Fujii) Nobuyoshi entered the domain in 1619 (Genna 5), ​​Matsudaira (Katahara) Yasunobu entered the domain in 1649 (Keian 2), and Aoyama Tadatomo entered the domain in 1749 (Kan'en 2). From Yasushige onwards, each feudal lord's stipend was 50,000 koku, but Aoyama Tadayasu was awarded an additional 10,000 koku for his achievements as a senior councilor. Some feudal lords established the domain school Shintokudo (Aoyama Tadataka) and encouraged literature, but they neglected civil administration within their domains, which often led to peasant uprisings. Rebellions, which occurred frequently in particular in the 18th century, seemed to have calmed down with the uprising of 1771 (Meiwa 8), but then turned into unrest among the villagers, and finally led to a major uprising in 1860 (Man'en 1). There was a time when tea and tachikui ware were monopolized by the domain. The domain was abolished in 1871 (Meiji 4), and after passing through Sasayama Prefecture and Toyooka Prefecture, it was incorporated into Hyogo Prefecture in 1876.

[Toshio Nakajima]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

丹波(たんば)国篠山（兵庫県丹波篠山市）地方を領有した藩。この地方は、篠山築城以前は八上(やかみ)城に前田茂勝(しげかつ)（玄以(げんい)二男）、松平（松井）康重(やすしげ)がいた。康重入部の翌年1609年（慶長14）幕府は篠山に築城を命じた。西南15か国20大名に普請(ふしん)手伝いを命じて年内に完成し、康重は12月に新城に移った。以後、1619年（元和5）松平（藤井）信吉(のぶよし)、1649年（慶安2）松平（形原(かたのはら)）康信(やすのぶ)、1749年（寛延2）青山忠朝(ただとも)が入部した。康重以来知行(ちぎょう)高はいずれも5万石であったが、青山忠裕(ただやす)が老中を勤めた功で1万石を加増された。藩主のなかには、藩校振徳堂を開設（青山忠高(ただたか)）したり、文芸を奨励する者もあったが、領内民政を軽んじ、ために百姓の一揆(いっき)に及ぶこともしばしばであった。とりわけ18世紀に多発した一揆は、1771年（明和8）の一揆でいちおう鎮静したかにみえたが、村方騒動的様相に変わり、最後に1860年（万延1）大一揆となった。茶と立杭(たちくい)焼は藩の専売となった時代があった。1871年（明治4）廃藩、篠山県、豊岡(とよおか)県を経て1876年、兵庫県に編入された。

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