Tanagura Domain

This clan ruled the area around Tanagura, Shirakawa County, Mutsu Province (Tanagura Town, Higashi Shirakawa County, Fukushima Prefecture). It had been under the control of the Hitachi Satake clan since the Sengoku period, but in 1602 (Keicho 7) it became a Shogunate territory, and in 1603 Tachibana Muneshige entered the domain, establishing this clan. In 1622 (Genwa 8), Niwa Nagashige was appointed to a fief of 50,000 koku from Furuwatari, Hitachi Province (Ibaraki Prefecture), and in 1624 (Kan'ei 1), Nagashige built Kamega Castle (Chikatsu Castle, Tanagura Castle), invited merchants from the Kamigata region to develop the castle town, and established control over the castle town of Tanagura and the local villages, making local lords local samurai, inspectors, village headmen, etc. In 1627, when Nagashige was transferred to Shirakawa, Naito Nobuteru entered the domain and was given a fief of 50,000 koku. In June 1629, Gyokushitsu Sohaku, who was involved in the Shie Incident, was placed in Tanagura. The Naito clan carried out a general land survey of the domain in 1647 (Shoho 4), and the third lord, Kazunobu, appointed Matsunami Kanjuro, a ronin from Kyoto, to reform the domain's government in order to improve the domain's financial situation. In 1705 (Hoei 2), Ota Sukeharu replaced the Naito clan, and thereafter the domain saw a rapid succession of lords, from Matsudaira (Ochi), Ogasawara, Inoue, Matsudaira (Matsui), and Abe. In the Boshin War of 1868 (1st year of the Meiji era), Abe Masakiyo participated in the Oshu League of Feudal Domains and fought a fierce battle with the Western Army at the mouth of Shirakawa, and Tanagura Castle fell to the Western Army. In December 1868, Abe Masakoto succeeded him, and Tanagura Domain was abolished with the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures, and Tanagura Prefecture was established. It became Taira Prefecture and Iwasaki Prefecture, and was incorporated into Fukushima Prefecture in 1876.

[Hiroshi Honda]

"Tanakura Town History" 3 volumes (1976-82, Tanakura Town)

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陸奥(むつ)国白川郡棚倉（福島県東白川郡棚倉町）周辺を領有した藩。戦国期から常陸(ひたち)佐竹氏の支配下にあったが、1602年（慶長7）幕領となり、03年立花宗茂(たちばなむねしげ)が入部して当藩は成立する。1622年（元和8）丹羽長重(にわながしげ)が常陸国（茨城県）古渡(ふっと)から5万石で就封、24年（寛永1）長重は亀ヶ城（近津(ちかつ)城、棚倉城）を築き、上方(かみがた)商人を招いて城下町を整備し、土豪層を郷士、検断、庄屋(しょうや)などにして棚倉城下および郷村支配を確立した。1627年長重の白河移封に伴い内藤信照が入部し5万石を領した。1629年6月紫衣(しえ)事件に連座した玉室宗珀(ぎょくしつそうはく)が棚倉に配された。内藤氏は1647年（正保4）領内総検地を実施し、また3代弌信(かずのぶ)は藩財政の窮乏を立て直すため、京の浪人松波勘十郎(まつなみかんじゅうろう)を登用して藩政改革を行わせた。1705年（宝永2）内藤氏にかわって太田資晴(すけはる)が入部、その後、松平（越智(おち)）、小笠原(おがさわら)、井上、松平（松井）、阿部と領主の交替はめまぐるしかった。1868年（明治1）戊辰(ぼしん)戦争では、阿部正静(まさきよ)は奥羽列藩同盟に参加し、白河口において西軍と激戦を交え、棚倉城も西軍の攻撃で落城した。68年12月阿部正功(まさこと)が相続、廃藩置県によって棚倉藩は消滅し、棚倉県が置かれ、平(たいら)県、磐前(いわさき)県を経て76年福島県に編入された。

［誉田　宏］

『『棚倉町史』全3巻（1976～82・棚倉町）』

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