Ogaki Domain

During the Edo period, this domain ruled the western part of Mino Province (Gifu Prefecture). Its domain office was located in Ogaki. It was a Fudai clan. After the Battle of Sekigahara, the domain changed hands for three generations of the Ishikawa clan, two generations of the Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) clan, two generations of the Okabe clan, and one generation of the Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) clan, and in 1635 (Kan'ei 12), Toda Ujikane was transferred from Amagasaki. From then on, the Toda clan ruled as the domain's lord for 11 generations, 235 years, until the domain was abolished. 100,000 koku. In addition, by the end of the Edo period, the domain controlled over 69,000 koku of shogunate depository. Ujitane adopted a stipend system, developed new fields, and obtained a new stipend of 13,000 koku, solidifying the foundations of the domain's administration. Under the third lord, Ujiaki, the domain's laws, the "Regular Accounts," were drawn up. The domain's financial difficulties became more serious under the ninth lord, Ujitada, and in 1850 (Kaei 3), he appointed the reformist Ohara Tesshin to carry out financial reorganization and military reform. Although he participated in the Battle of Toba-Fushimi as part of the Shogunate's army, Tesshin unified the domain's views to loyalty to the Emperor, and was instrumental in the attack on Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle. The domain school, Chidokan (later Keikyodo), established learning in the domain, and Ujimasa's encouragement of Western learning led to many talented people entering the government and academic circles of the Meiji period.

[Masamune Murase]

"Newly Revised History of Ogaki City: General History" (1968, Ogaki City)

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江戸時代、美濃(みの)国（岐阜県）西部の内を領有した藩。大垣に藩庁を置いた。譜代(ふだい)。関ヶ原の戦い後、石川氏3代、松平（久松）氏2代、岡部氏2代、松平（久松）氏1代と藩主がかわって、1635年（寛永12）戸田氏鉄(うじかね)が尼崎(あまがさき)から転封。以後廃藩まで11代235年間戸田氏が藩主となった。10万石。ほかに幕末期までに幕府預所(あずかりしょ)6万9000石余を支配。氏鉄は俸禄(ほうろく)制を採用し、新田を開発、新たに高1万3000石を得て、藩政の基礎を固め、3代氏西(うじあき)の代に藩法規「定帳(さだめちょう)」が作成された。藩の財政難は9代氏正(うじただ)に至って深刻化、1850年（嘉永3）改革派の小原鉄心(おはらてっしん)を登用して財政整理や軍制改革を断行した。鳥羽(とば)・伏見(ふしみ)の戦いでは幕軍として参加したが、鉄心は藩論を勤王に統一、会津若松城を攻めて功があった。藩校致道館（後の敬教堂）は藩学をおこしたが、氏正の洋学奨励は、明治期の官界や学界に多くの人材を送るもととなった。

［村瀬円良］

『『新修大垣市史　通史編』（1968・大垣市）』

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