Tottori Domain

It is also called the Inshu Domain. During the Edo period, it was a large Tozama domain that held 320,000 koku of land in both Inaba and Hoki. In the Battle of Sekigahara, most of the daimyo of Inaba and Haku were removed from their territories because they sided with the Western Army. Instead, Ikeda Nagayoshi, Yamazaki Iemori, and Kamei Korenori were assigned to Inaba, and Nakamura Tadakazu was assigned to Hoki. In 1617 (Genwa 3), Ikeda Mitsumasa, lord of Himeji Castle in Harima, was transferred to 320,000 koku of land in both Inaba and Haku, and moved to Tottori Castle. In 1632 (Kan'ei 9), Ikeda Tadakatsu, lord of Okayama Castle in Bizen, died, and three-year-old Mitsunaka took over the family, but the shogunate ordered Mitsunaka and Mitsumasa to be transferred to other territories, and Mitsunaka moved to Tottori Castle. Since then, the Ikeda clan of Mitsunaka's lineage has held the Inpaku and Haku domains for 12 generations, even up until the Meiji Restoration. The domain government was established by Mitsunaka, and his sons Nakazumi and Kiyosada were given new territorial titles and branched out into the Tottori domain in 1685 (Jokyo 2) and 1702 (Genroku 15), respectively. They called themselves Higashi-yakata and Nishi-yakata. In 1698 (Genroku 11), the tax collection law was reformed to implement the Ukemen system, but the Genbun 4th Year Rebellion (Inpaku Rebellion) of 1739 had a major impact both inside and outside the domain. The reforms of the domain government during the Horeki era included the reestablishment of the Ukemen system, the establishment of the domain school Shotokukan, and the implementation of policies for industrial and commercial development. The policy of industrial development got into full swing after the establishment of the wax shop in 1765 (Meiwa 2). Other notable domestic products were iron, cotton, and cotton wool. The reigns of the 5th lord Shigenobu and the 6th lord Harumichi were a time of cultural upsurge. At the end of the Edo period, the domain's lords were replaced one after another and the domain's administration was unstable. In 1850 (Kaei 3), Yoshinori, the fifth son of Tokugawa Nariaki of Mito, was appointed the 12th domain lord, and he carried out reforms in the domain's administration. The domain struggled to unify its views during this turbulent period until the Meiji Restoration. After the abolition of the domain, it became Tottori Prefecture, and was temporarily merged with Shimane Prefecture, but in 1881 (Meiji 14), Tottori Prefecture was re-established.

[Atsuhito Fukui]

"The History of Tottori Domain, compiled by the Ikeda Family Editorial Office, 6 volumes (1969-71, Tottori Prefecture)" ▽ "The History of Tottori Prefecture, 18 volumes (1969-82, Tottori Prefecture)" ▽ "The History of Tottori Prefecture, by Yamanaka Toshio (1970, Yamakawa Publishing)" ▽ "The History of Our Hometown: Inaba in the Edo Period, Volumes 1 and 2, by Tokunaga Motoo et al. (1978, 1980, Shin Nihonkai Shimbun)" ▽ "The Establishment of the Tottori Ikeda Family of the Inshu Domain, by Kawate Ryukai (Local History Series 17, 1980, Tottori City Social Education Foundation)"

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因州(いんしゅう)藩ともいう。江戸時代、因幡(いなば)・伯耆(ほうき)両国32万石を領有した外様(とざま)の大藩。関ヶ原の戦いに因・伯の大名はほとんど西軍に属して除封され、かわって因幡に池田長吉(ながよし)、山崎家盛(いえもり)、亀井茲矩(これのり)、伯耆に中村忠一(ただかず)が配された。1617年（元和3）播磨(はりま)姫路城主池田光政(みつまさ)が因・伯両国32万石に移され鳥取城に入った。1632年（寛永9）備前(びぜん)岡山城主池田忠雄(ただかつ)が死去、3歳の光仲が家を継ぐが、幕府は光仲と光政の国替を命じ、光仲が鳥取城に入った。以来12代にわたって光仲系池田氏が因・伯を領有し明治維新に及ぶのが鳥取藩である。藩政は光仲によって確立され、その子仲澄(なかずみ)・清定(きよさだ)は、それぞれ1685年（貞享2）、1702年（元禄15）に新田高をもって分知分家され、東館(ひがしやかた)・西館(にしやかた)と称した。1698年（元禄11）徴租法を改革して請免(うけめん)制を施行したが、1739年の「元文(げんぶん)四年一揆(いっき)」（因伯(いんぱく)一揆）は藩内外に重大な影響を与えた。宝暦(ほうれき)の藩政改革は、請免制の立て直し、藩校尚徳館(しょうとくかん)の創設、殖産商工政策にも及ぶ。殖産政策は1765年（明和2）蝋(ろう)座の設置以来本格化した。国産品としてはこのほか鉄と綿、木綿が注目される。5代重寛(しげのぶ)、6代治道(はるみち)の時代は文化の高揚期であった。幕末には相次いで藩主が交代し藩政は不安定であった。1850年（嘉永3）水戸の徳川斉昭(なりあき)の五男慶徳(よしのり)を12代藩主に迎えて藩政改革を実施する。激動期に藩論の統一に苦労しつつ明治維新を迎えた。廃藩後、鳥取県となり、一時島根県に合併されたが、1881年（明治14）鳥取県が再置された。

［福井淳人］

『池田家編纂所編『鳥取藩史』全6巻（1969～71・鳥取県）』▽『『鳥取県史』全18巻（1969～82・鳥取県）』▽『山中寿夫著『鳥取県の歴史』（1970・山川出版社）』▽『徳永職男他著『ふるさとの歴史・江戸時代の因伯』上下（1978、80・新日本海新聞社）』▽『河手龍海著「因州藩鳥取池田家の成立」（『郷土シリーズ 17』1980・鳥取市社会教育事業団）』

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