Fukue Domain

Japanese: 福江藩 - ふくえはん

A small outside domain with its territory in Matsuura County, Hizen Province (Goto). The domain's headquarters was Fukue Castle (also known as Ishida Castle), the remains of which remain in present-day Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture. The domain's lord was the Goto clan (Uku clan) since the Middle Ages, and remained unchanged until the Meiji Restoration. In 1617, the red seal tax was over 15,530 koku. The Uku clan, who controlled the Goto Islands during the Sengoku period, were granted permission to retain their former territory when Toyotomi Hideyoshi punished them in Kyushu in 1587. Initially, Egawa Castle was the base of operations, but it was burned down in 1614, and they were not allowed to build castles, so Ishida Jin'ya was used as the domain's headquarters for a long time, and Ishida Castle was established in 1863 during the late Edo period. The first domain lord, Uku Jungen, served under Konishi Yukinaga during the Bunroku War, and his formation showed the characteristics of a naval force. At this time, the clan changed its name to Goto. While the domain's power was not yet firmly established, a family turmoil caused by Ohama Mondo occurred in 1619, but the third domain lord, Moritoshi, took this as an opportunity to promote the "Fukue Restoration" by moving his vassals from the countryside, reforming the chigyo system and laying the foundations of domain administration. In 1661, the division of the domain's territory by Morikiyo, the uncle of the fifth domain lord, Morikatsu, was recognized, and the so-called Tomie Domain was established. In 1721, a land survey and a personal classification system were carried out within the domain, and in 1763, a three-year apprenticeship system was implemented as part of a financial reconstruction effort. The village area was divided into 13 areas, including Kuga-kake and Wakamatsu-kake, and fishing, mainly whaling, and salt grilling were popular in the Ura area, but it was also incorporated into the defense system for foreign ships, with the establishment of a lookout post. At the end of the Edo period, the Tomie Domain was integrated into the Fukue Domain in an effort to expel foreigners, but due to opposition from the domain's residents, it was not until 1869 that it was finally merged. In July 1871, when the feudal domains were abolished and prefectures were established, Fukue Prefecture was established from the territory of Fukue Domain, and in November of the same year it was incorporated into Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Japanese:

肥前国松浦(まつら)郡（五島）に所領を置いた外様小藩。藩政庁は福江城（石田城とも）で，現長崎県五島市に遺構をとどめる。藩主は中世以来の五島氏（宇久氏）で，明治維新期まで変わらない。1617年の朱印高１万5530石余。戦国期に五島列島を勢力下に置いていた宇久氏は1587年の豊臣秀吉による九州仕置に伴って旧領を安堵された。当初は江川城を本拠としていたが，1614年に全焼，築城が許されなかったため長く石田陣屋を藩政庁とし，石田城がなったのは幕末期1863年であった。初代藩主の宇久純玄は文禄の役で小西行長に属したが，その陣容は水軍の性格を示す。なおこのとき五島氏と改める。藩権力が確立されないなか，1619年大浜主水(もんど)による御家騒動が起きるが，３代藩主盛利はこれを契機に在郷の家臣を移住させるなどの〈福江直り〉を推進，知行制を改革して藩政の基礎を築いた。1661年５代藩主盛勝の叔父盛清の分知が認められ，いわゆる富江領が成立している。1721年に領内検地と人別改が行われ，1763年には財政建直しの一環として３年奉公制が実施された。村方は久賀掛・若松掛など13掛に区分され，浦方では捕鯨を中心とする漁業や塩焼きが盛んであったが，遠見番所の設置など異国船の警衛態勢にも組み込まれていた。幕末に攘夷のため富江領の福江藩への統合が行われたが，同領民の反対で1869年にようやく合併されている。1871年７月廃藩置県により福江藩領をもって福江県が成立，同年11月に長崎県に編入された。

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