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36-656: The Takatō Domain was based at Takatō Castle in Shinano Province , in the modern city of Ina , located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshu . The Takatō Domain was ruled by the fudai daimyō of the Hoshina clan from 1600 to 1636, the Torii clan from 1636 to 1689, and the Naitō clan from 1691 to 1871, with a Kokudaka value of 33,000 koku . The Takatō Domain was dissolved in

72-509: A daughter of Matsudaira Yasutoyo of Hamada Domain , but his son died in childhood and the domain was inherited by his adopted son on his retirement in 1776. He died in 1780, and his grave is at the temple of Taizō-ji in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Naitō Yoritaka ( 内藤頼尚 , April 11, 1752 – December 5, 1776) was the 4th Naitō daimyō of Takatō and 9th hereditary chieftain of the Takatō-Naitō clan. Yoritaka

108-433: A new set of 17 laws governing the domain and another set of 11 rules and regulations for his household. Although his domain had a nominal kokudaka of 39,000 koku , some 6000 koku was actually tenryō lands with revenues owed to the shogunate and there was little room for the development of new rice lands. His appointment to the post of Osaka kaban in 1694 and 1707 and as sōshaban from 1695 to 1697 also required

144-664: A retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu , following the defeat and subsequent destruction of the Takeda clan following the second Siege of Takatō in 1582. Following the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, and the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Hoshina Masamitsu , the grandson of Masatoshi, became the first Edo period daimyō of Takatō, and the domain was officially ranked at a kokudaka of 25,000 koku . Masamitsu raised an illegitimate son of shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada as his own, under

180-586: A scandal at Edo in 1689, leaving the clan's succession in the hands of the shogunate. Tadanori's successor in the family, Torii Tadahide , was demoted to a 10,000 koku holding, Shimomura Domain in Noto Province . As a result, Takatō briefly became tenryō administered directly by the shogunate until 1691, when Naitō Kiyokazu was reassigned from Tondabayashi Domain in Settsu Province to Takatō. The domain began to have financial troubles beginning under

216-457: Is a Japanese castle located in the city of Ina , southern Nagano Prefecture , Japan . At the end of the Edo period , Takatō Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Naitō clan , daimyō of Takatō Domain . The castle was also known as Kabuto Castle ( 兜山城 , Kabuto-jō ) . Built sometime in the 16th century, it is now largely ruins. Takato Castle is located on a hill in former Takatō Town on

252-466: Is at the temple of Taizō-ji in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Naitō Yoriyasu ( 内藤頼寧 , March 23, 1800 – November 23, 1862) was the 7th Naitō daimyō of Takatō and 12th hereditary chieftain of the Takatō-Naitō clan. Naitō Yorinao ( 内藤頼直 , November 20, 1840 – August 17, 1879) was the 8th (and final) Naitō daimyō of Takatō and 13th hereditary chieftain of the Takatō-Naitō clan. List of Han Takat%C5%8D Castle Takatō Castle ( 高遠城 , Takatō-jō )

288-646: The Meiji Period . Takatō Castle was listed as one of the 100 Fine Castles of Japan by the Japan Castle Foundation in 2006. Takatō Castle Ruins Park is regarded one of the three best locations to see cherry blossoms , together with Hirosaki Castle and Mount Yoshino . There is very little of the castle remaining in situ aside from part of the moats and stone ramparts. Several of the original castle gates have survived, but remain in private hands in other locations. One yagura has been reconstructed, and

324-545: The Meiji restoration . Following the establishment of the Meiji government and the abolition of the han system , the remaining structures of the castle were dismantled, and its surviving gates donated to nearby temples or were sold off to private owners. The castle site became the Takato Castle Ruins Park ( 高遠城址公園 , Takatōjōshi Kōen ) , noted for its sakura blossoms in spring. The cherry blossoms were planted in

360-536: The Suwa-kuruwa ( 諏訪曲輪 ) [A], Sasa-kuruwa ( 笹曲輪 ) [B], Minami-kuruwa ( 南曲輪 ) [C] and Hōdōji-kuruwa ( 法幢寺曲輪 ) [D]. Most of the gates were box-shaped gates, which added to the defenses. In the Edo period , front gate of the castle was changed from east side to west side, which directly faced the jōkamachi . The han school , built in 1860, was located in the Third Bailey. A few samurai residences have survived in

396-522: The abolition of the han system in 1871 by the Meiji government and its territory was absorbed into Nagano Prefecture . The territory around Takatō was ruled during the Sengoku period by Takatō Yoritsugu (d. 1552). After his castle fell to Takeda Shingen in the Siege of Takatō in 1545, it was given over to one of Shingen's sons, Nishina Morinobu . Takatō then came under the control of Hoshina Masatoshi ,

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432-604: The han system , Takatō Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka , based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. Naitō Kiyokazu ( 内藤清枚 , September 25, 1645 – May 29, 1714) was a daimyō in the early Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was the 2nd Naitō daimyō of Tondabayashi Domain in Kawachi Province , 'and 1st Naitō daimyō of Takatō Domain in Shinano Province. Kiyokazu

468-667: The Shogun's forces during the First Chōshū expedition . However, with the start of the Boshin War in 1868, Takatō quickly joined the imperial side against the Tokugawa. Even so, the domain was ordered to pay 2000 ryō to the new Meiji government to help pay for war expenses. Troops from Takatō participated in the Battle of Aizu under the command of Prince Saionji Kinmochi . Yorinao was appointed imperial governor of Takatō in 1869, serving until

504-428: The Takatō-Naitō clan. Yorimochi was born the posthumous fifth son of Itakura Katsunori of Fukushima Domain , and was posthumously adopted as heir to the childless Naitō Nagayoshi in 1791. In 1792, he was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ienari . he served as a sōshaban from 1808 to 1819. He retired in 1820 and died in 1856. He was married to a daughter of Inaba Masayoshi of Yodo Domain . His grave

540-422: The administration of the domain, but spent his time hunting, organizing firework displays and on parties. He died without male heir in 1791 at the age of 23. He was married to a daughter of Kutsuki Totsuna of Fukuchiyama Domain . His grave is at the temple of Taizō-ji in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Naitō Yorimochi ( 内藤頼以 , June 8, 1776 – March 18, 1856) was the 6th Naitō daimyō of Takatō and 11th hereditary chieftain of

576-465: The castle to launch his invasion of Mino Province , which brought him into conflict with Oda Nobunaga , and it was also from Takatō Castle that he started his final campaign in 1572 towards Kyoto . After Shingen's death, the castle was entrusted to Nishina Morinobu , Takeda Katsuyori's younger brother. The castle fell to Oda Nobutada , the son of Oda Nobunaga during the Battle of Temmokuzan in 1582, with 50,000 troops as opposed to 3000 defenders on

612-535: The castle was seized by Takeda forces. Takatō Yoritsugu relied on support from his allies, Ogasawara Nagatoki and Tozawa Yorichika, however, they failed to come to his aid. Under the Takeda clan, the castle was completely rebuilt in accordance with contemporary military design practices, with a layout developed by his military strategist, Yamamoto Kansuke , and Shingen awarded the castle to his retainer, Akiyama Nobutomo and later to his son, Takeda Katsuyori . Shingen used

648-620: The confluence of the Mibugawa River and the Fujisawa River, which forms part of its natural defenses. Deep trenches, earthen ramparts and stone walls in concentric rings form the defensive structures in a style typical of construction under Takeda Shingen . The Central Bailey ( Hon-maru ) [1] was protected to the northwest and northeast by the Second Bailey ( Ni-no-maru ) [2] and Third Bailey ( San-no-maru ) [3] along with four enclosures:

684-537: The domain, educational institutions and land intensification projects. These changes, however, brought numerous peasant revolts , and instability to the realm. Towards the Bakumatsu period , the final daimyō , Naitō Yorinao , established a han school and took part in the campaigns by the shogunate against Chōshū Domain . During the 1868 Boshin War , however, Takatō sided with the newly founded Meiji government army against

720-575: The eastern edge of central Ina Valley in southern Nagano Prefecture. The location was a crossroads on the Akiba Kaidō, a highway connecting Tōtōmi province with the Suwa region of Shinano and Kai Province and a road which led to the western portion of the Ina valley and Mino Province . When viewed from the standpoint of Kai Province, the area was a key point in the control of southern Shinano. The castle site overlooks

756-432: The following lord, Naitō Yorinori , who made efforts at reforms and innovations to solve the problems. The Ejima-Ikushima affair occurred around the same time, resulting in the shogunal consort named Ejima, banished from Edo, being left in the custody of Takatō. The seventh Naitō lord of Takatō, Naitō Yoriyasu , oversaw numerous development projects, including a trading market, a mulberry plantation operated directly by

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792-475: The last supporters of the shogunate and sent forces to fight in the Battle of Hokuetsu and the Battle of Aizu { Naitō Yorinao remained governor of Takatō when the lands were formally handed over to the Emperor . In 1871, the domains were abolished, and Takatō became "Takatō Prefecture", only to be subsumed into Tsukama Prefecture and, eventually, into Nagano Prefecture, which remains today. As with most domains in

828-515: The name Hoshina Masayuki , and was rewarded with a 5,000 koku increase for his domain in 1618. Following Hidetada's death in 1632, Masayuki was transferred to Yamagata Domain in Dewa Province in 1636, with an income of 200,000 koku . Torii Tadaharu , the third son of Torii Tadamasa of Yamagata Domain, replaced him as lord of Takatō, with an income of 32,000 koku . The next lord, Torii Tadanori , however, died while under house arrest due to

864-475: The outlay of capital, and from the start the domain was in a precarious financial situation. In 1696, he changed his name from Kiyonaga (清長) to Kiyokazu (清枚). He died in 1714 at the age of 70 and his grave is at the temple of Taizō-ji in Shinjuku , Tokyo. The post station of Naitō Shinjuku was built on the site of Naitō Kiyakazu's nakayashiki residence in Edo . Naitō Yorinori ( 内藤頼卿 , 1697– March 21, 1735)

900-715: The retirement of his father. In 1860, he established a han school , the Shintoku-kan (進徳館) in Takatō. He served as part of the escort to Princess Kazunomiya during her travel to Edo to marry the Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi in 1861. Following the Namamugi Incident of 1862, during which British subjects were killed by the retinue of Shimazu Hisamitsu , he was ordered by the shogunate to deploy his troops to Yokohama to increase security. These troops subsequently accompanied

936-551: The side of the Takeda clan, with Nishina Morinobu resisting to the end. After the Takeda clan was destroyed, the castle was awarded to Mori Hideyori, one of Nobunaga’s generals. However, after the assassination of Nobunaga in the Honnō-ji incident , the area came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu , who assigned it to Hoshina Masanao . However, after the Tokugawa clan was reassigned to the Kantō region by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590, Takatō

972-504: The town. The original date of construction of Takatō Castle is unknown, however before its construction, there was originally another fortification on the same site, controlled by the Takatō clan, retainers of the Suwa clan , who had dominated the area since the Kamakura period . Suwa Yorishige had an alliance with the Takeda clan , but this was broken by Takeda Shingen in 1545 during his campaign to conquer southern Shinano Province and

1008-482: The Ōtemon (Main gate) of the castle, which had been moved to be used as the gate for a high school north of town, was relocated back to its original location in 1984. On the site of the castle, the oldest remaining building is the former han school , the Shintokukan ( 進徳館 ) , built by the last daimyō of Takatō, Naitō Yorinao . Nait%C5%8D Yorinao Naitō Yorinao ( 内藤頼直 , November 20, 1840 – August 17, 1879)

1044-470: Was born as the third son of Naitō Nobuoki of Murakami Domain , and was adopted as heir to Naitō Yoriyuki in 1772, became daimyō on Yoriyuki's retirement in 1776. However, he died without male heir only eight months later at the age of 25. He was married to a daughter of Ota Suketoshi of Kakegawa Domain by whom he had three daughters. His grave is at the temple of Taizō-ji in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Naitō Nagayoshi ( 内藤長好 , May 5, 1771 – November 30, 1791)

1080-403: Was born in Edo as the second son of hatamoto and Ōmetsuke Mizuno Morimasa. He married a daughter of Naitō Shigeyori , the daimyō of Tondabashayshi Domain and was named heir in 1681. He became daimyō on the death of his adopted father in 1690. The following year, he was transferred by the shogunate to Takatō Domain in Shinano Province. He entered his holdings the same year, proclaiming

1116-503: Was given to one of Hideyoshi’s generals, Ogasawara Sadayoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu recovered the castle following the Battle of Sekigahara in 1603, and with the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate , Takatō become the center of Takatō Domain , a 30,000 koku holding under the Hoshina clan. The Hoshina were replaced by the Torii clan from 1636-1689, until the assignment of the domain to Naitō Kiyokazu , whose descendants continued to rule to

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1152-436: Was of weak health, and was unable to carry out the fiscal reforms the domain badly needed. He served as a sōshaban from 1724-1728, and in numerous other minor offices within the shogunate. He was married to a daughter of Matsudaira Chikayoshi of Funai Domain , but had no male heir. He died in 1735 at the age of 39 and his grave is at the temple of Taizō-ji in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Naitō Yoriyuki ( 内藤頼由 , 1708 – June 30, 1780)

1188-473: Was the 2nd Naitō daimyō of Takatō and 7th hereditary chieftain of the Takatō-Naitō clan. Yorinori was born in Edo and was the eldest son of Nagai Naohiro of Iiyama Domain . As Kiyokazu was already over 50 years old when Yornori was born, he had previously selected two adopted sons from other houses; however, these adopted sons were set aside, and Yorinori became daimyō on the death of his father in 1714. However, he

1224-413: Was the 3rd Naitō daimyō of Takatō and 8th hereditary chieftain of the Takatō-Naitō clan. Yorinori was born as the sixth son of Naitō Kiyokazu , and was adopted as posthumous heir to Naitō Yorinori shortly after the latter's death in 1735. In 1739, he was appointed Osaka kaban and from 1746 to 1775 served as a sōshaban . Problems with domain finances continued throughout his tenure. He was married to

1260-409: Was the 5th Naitō daimyō of Takatō and 10th hereditary chieftain of the Takatō-Naitō clan. Nagayoshi was born in Edo as the son of Naitō Yorita, a son of Tokugawa Munekatsu of Owari Domain who was the adopted son of Naitō Yoriyuki . In 1771, he was adopted as heir to Naitō Yoritaka and became daimyō on the latter's death in 1776. However, he proved to be a poor choice, as he cared nothing for

1296-517: Was the 8th (and final) Naitō daimyō of Takatō Domain in Shinano Province , Honshū , Japan (modern-day Nagano Prefecture ) and 13th hereditary chieftain of the Takatō-Naitō clan. His courtesy title before the Meiji restoration was Yamato-no-kami , Suruga-no-kami and subsequently Wakasa-no-kami , and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Naitō Yorinao was the seventh son of Naitō Yoriyasu . However, as all of his elder brothers died in childhood he became daimyō in 1859 on

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