Nobeoka Domain

This clan had its castle town of Nobeoka in Hyuga Province (Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture) and the surrounding area as its core territory. Until 1692 (Genroku 5), it was called Agata Domain, based on the old place name. In 1587 (Tensho 15), after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's subjugation of the Shimazu clan, Takahashi Mototane was appointed to the clan (53,000 koku), and in 1613 (Keicho 18), after the Takahashi clan was abolished, Arima Naozumi (53,000 koku) was appointed the following year. Naozumi's father was Harunobu, a famous Christian daimyo. The Arima clan held the clan until 1691, during which time they renovated the main castle of their castle and expanded the castle town. Following the Arima clan, Miura Akihiro was appointed to the fief in 1792 (23,000 koku), and Makino Narinaka was appointed to the fief in 1712 (Shotoku 2) (80,000 koku). The Makino clan seems to have focused on agricultural policy within the domain, and the Iwakuma Weir, completed in 1734 (Kyoho 19), is particularly famous. In 1747 (Enkyo 4), Naito Masaki was appointed to the fief (70,000 koku). At this time, the Naito clan moved from Iwaki Taira to Hyuga Nobeoka, the Inoue clan moved from Hitachi Kasama to Taira, and the Makino clan moved from Nobeoka to Kasama, in what is known as a triangular transfer of fiefs. From then on, the Naito clan remained in the fief until the abolition of the feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures. The Naito clan's territory was centered around the castle town of Nobeoka and the villages in the western Kyushu mountain range (both in Hyuga-Usuki County), totaling approximately 25,000 koku (castle-attached territory), with exclaves of approximately 25,000 koku in Miyazaki County to the south and approximately 20,000 koku in the three Bungo counties to the north (Oita, Kunisaki, and Hayami), showing a typical example of the dispersion of fudai domain territory. The Naito Nobeoka Domain was one of the few fudai domains in Kyushu, but it was located in a remote area, and none of its successive lords had ever become a Shogunate senior councilor. The so-called Oniuchi Ikki, which occurred in the Takachiho region of the Kyushu mountain range in 1869 (Meiji 2), is a typical example of a social reform uprising. The domain was abolished in 1871 and became Nobeoka Prefecture, which then became Mimitsu Prefecture, Miyazaki Prefecture, and Kagoshima Prefecture, before being incorporated into the current Miyazaki Prefecture, which was re-established in 1883.

[Kimura Sou]

"Meiji University Naito Family Documents Research Group, ed., 'Study of the Fudai Clan: The Government and Domain of the Fudai Naito Clan' (1972, Yagi Shoten)"

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日向(ひゅうが)国延岡（宮崎県延岡市）を城下とし、その周辺を中心所領とした藩。1692年（元禄5）までは旧地名により県(あがた)藩と称した。1587年（天正15）豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉の島津(しまづ)氏征討後、高橋元種(たかはしもとたね)入封（5万3000石）、1613年（慶長18）高橋氏改易後、翌年有馬直純(ありまなおずみ)（5万3000石）入封。直純の父はキリシタン大名として有名な晴信。有馬氏は1691年まで在封し、その間、居城の本丸を修築するとともに城下町を整備拡大した。有馬氏に次いで92年三浦明敬(みうらあきひろ)入封（2万3000石）、1712年（正徳2）牧野成央(まきのなりなか)入封（8万石）。牧野氏は領内の農政に意を注いだようで、ことに1734年（享保19）に完成した岩熊井堰(せき)は有名。1747年（延享4）内藤政樹(ないとうまさき)入封（7万石）。このときは内藤氏が磐城平(いわきたいら)より日向延岡へ、井上氏が常陸笠間(ひたちかさま)より平へ、そして牧野氏が延岡より笠間へ入るという、いわゆる三角転封であった。以後、廃藩置県まで内藤氏が在封。内藤氏の所領は、城下延岡周辺と西方九州山地の村々（いずれも日向臼杵(うすき)郡）約2万5000石（城付(しろつき)所領）を中心とし、飛地(とびち)所領として、南方の宮崎郡内に約2万5000石、北方の豊後(ぶんご)三郡（大分、国東(くにさき)、速見(はやみ)）に約2万石があり、譜代(ふだい)藩所領分散の一典型を示す。内藤延岡藩は九州における数少ない譜代藩の一つであったが、なにぶんにも辺境の地にあり、歴代藩主のなかから幕府老中は1人も出ていない。1869年（明治2）九州山地高千穂地方に起こったいわゆる鬼打ち一揆(いっき)は、世直し一揆の代表事例の一つである。1871年廃藩、延岡県となり、美々津(みみつ)県、宮崎県、鹿児島県を経て、83年再置の現宮崎県に編入された。

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『明治大学内藤家文書研究会編『譜代藩の研究――譜代内藤藩の藩政と藩領』（1972・八木書店）』

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