Tokushima Domain ( 徳島藩 , Tokushima-han ) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Awa Province and Awaji Province in what is now Tokushima Prefecture and Awaji Island of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture . It was centered around Tokushima Castle , and was ruled throughout its history by the tozama daimyō Hachisuka clan .
24-567: Hachisuka Masakatsu was a vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and dominated Tatsuno in Harima Province . He was awarded territories in Awa Province after Hideyoshi's conquest of Shikoku in 1585; however, due to his advanced age, he turned the clan chieftainship over to his son Hachisuka Iemasa . At the time, his territory was only a portion of Awa Province, with a kokudaka of 175,000 koku . He constructed Tokushima Castle, which would remain
48-547: A population of 5,469,762 (as of 1 June 2019 ) and a geographic area of 8,400 square kilometres (3,200 square miles). Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, and Okayama and Tottori prefectures to the west. Kobe is the capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, and the seventh-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Himeji , Nishinomiya , and Amagasaki . Hyōgo Prefecture's mainland stretches from
72-482: Is an island that separates the Inland Sea and Osaka Bay , lying between Honshu and Shikoku . Summertime weather throughout Hyōgo is hot and humid. As for winter conditions, the north of Hyōgo tends to receive abundant snow, whilst the south receives only the occasional flurry. Hyōgo borders on Osaka Prefecture , Kyoto Prefecture , Tottori Prefecture and Okayama Prefecture . As of 31 March 2008, 20% of
96-633: Is in Harima. There are 163 public and 52 private high schools within Hyogo prefecture. Of the public high schools, some are administered by the Hyogo prefectural government, whilst the others are administered by local municipalities. The sports teams listed below are based in Hyōgo. Baseball Basketball Football (soccer) Rugby Volleyball A popular troupe of Takarazuka Revue plays in Takarazuka . Arima Onsen in
120-446: Is now the city of Kobe. There the capital remained for five months. Himeji Castle , a UNESCO World Heritage Site , is in the city of Himeji. Southern Hyōgo Prefecture was severely devastated by the 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which destroyed major parts of Kobe and Awaji , as well as Nishinomiya and Ashiya and the neighboring Osaka Prefecture , killing nearly 6,500 people. Hyōgo has coastlines on two seas: to
144-557: Is surmised to have been received from Dōsan. In 1556, at the Battle of Nagaragawa between Dōsan and Saitō Yoshitatsu , Masakatsu joined Dōsan’s forces. After death of Dōsan, Masakatsu served Oda Nobunaga , under command of Toyotomi Hideyoshi , and may have participated in the building of Sunomata Castle (1567) and fought at the Siege of Inabayama (1568), also fought at the Battle of Anegawa (1570) against Azai and Asakura forces, as well as
168-657: The Bakumatsu period , he maintained contacts with the Imperial Court in Kyoto and was a supporter of the kōbu gattai movement, which created frictions within the domain, especially with the hereditary karō , the Inada clan, who ruled Sumoto Castle on Awaji and who favored a more reactionary approach. He died suddenly during the Battle of Toba-Fushimi at the start of the Boshin War at
192-548: The Chugoku campaigns against the Mōri . In 1585, after Invasion of Shikoku , Hideyoshi awarded him Awa Province as a fief, but he declined in favor of his son, Iemasa , and serving instead as a close adviser of Hideyoshi. Hy%C5%8Dgo Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture ( 兵庫県 , Hyōgo-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu . Hyōgo Prefecture has
216-601: The Kiso River . Their knowledge of local terrain made them useful to the Oda and Saitō clans , although they remained independent of control of the powerful clans. After the death of his father in 1553, Masakatsu left his hometown to serve as an attendant to lord Saitō Dōsan . Dōsan frequently relied upon Masakatsu for conflicts between those in Mino and Owari provinces. Masakatsu’s earlier name of Toshimasa matches an earlier name of Dōsan and
240-561: The Sea of Japan to the Seto Inland Sea , where Awaji Island and a small archipelago of islands belonging to the prefecture are located. Hyōgo Prefecture is a major economic center, transportation hub , and tourist destination in western Japan, with 20% of the prefecture's land area designated as Natural Parks . Hyōgo Prefecture forms part of the Kobe metropolitan area and Osaka metropolitan area ,
264-580: The Hachisuka clan to their domains after the defeat of the Toyotomi clan and Hachisuka Yoshishige is regarded as the first daimyō of Tokushima Domain. Hachisuka Yoshishige went on to receive awards seven times from Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada for his actions at the 1614-1615 Battle of Osaka and his territories were expanded to cover all of Awa Province, as well as 70,000 koku in Awaji Province. In 1617, he
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#1732869297189288-550: The age of 48. His son Hachisuka Mochiaki switched the domain's allegiance to the Imperial side. He became imperial governor of Tokushima following the abolition of the han system and subsequently served as a cabinet minister and president of the House of Peers in the Meiji government . The Hachisuka clan was ennobled with the kazoku title of marquis in 1884. In the early Meiji period ,
312-532: The clan's seat for the next 300 years. The clan had always been on bad terms with Ishida Mitsunari and at the time of the Battle of Sekigahara , Mitsunari forced Hachisuka Iemasa to take the tonsure and forcibly exiled him to Mount Koya . However, his son Hachisuka Yoshishige was married an adopted daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu , and fought in the Eastern Army. As a result, the Tokugawa Shogunate restored
336-415: The domain's nominal kokudaka was 257,000 koku , its actual kokudaka through clan monopolies on indigo, tobacco, salt and other products came to more than 400,000 koku . The 13th daimyō , Hachisuka Narihiro, was the 22nd son of Shogun Tokugawa Ienari , and was therefore half-brother of the 12th Shogun Tokugawa Ieyoshi and nephew of the 13th Shogun Tokugawa Iesada . Despite these connections, during
360-493: The hereditary karō and warden of Sumoto Castle, Inada Kurobei, demanded establishment as a daimyō . With his kokudaka exceeding 10,000 koku , this was technically possible; however, this demand met with violent opposition from Tokushima and was refused by the Meiji government. After the "revolt" was put down, the entire Inada clan and its retainers were exiled to the far northern tip of Hokkaido. Their experiences are fictionalized in
384-540: The largest ports in Japan. Kobe Port also hosts one of the world's fastest supercomputers, and Hyogo Prefecture passed laws to keep Kobe Port free of nuclear weapons (a nuclear-free zone ) since the year 1975. Hyōgo is a part of the Hanshin Industrial Region . There are two research institutes of Riken , natural sciences research institute in Japan, in Kobe and Harima. " SPring-8 ", a synchrotron radiation facility,
408-576: The north, the Sea of Japan , to the south, the Seto Inland Sea . On Awaji Island , Hyōgo borders the Pacific Ocean coastline in the Kii Channel . The northern portion is sparsely populated, except for the city of Toyooka , The central highlands are only populated by tiny villages. Most of Hyōgo's population lives on the southern coast, which is part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area. Awaji
432-510: The only town in Akō District ( Kamigōri ), were scheduled to merge and the city would still retain the name Akō . Akō District would be defunct if the merger was successful. However, the merger has not taken place. As in all prefectures nationwide, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries play a big role in the economy of Hyogo Prefecture. Hyōgo Prefecture also has an IT industry, many heavy industries, metal and medical, Kobe Port being one of
456-490: The recent film Kita no Zeronen ("Year One in the North"). The Awa Province portion of Tokushima Domain became Tokushima prefecture; however, the Awaji Province portion became part of Hyōgo Prefecture . Unlike most domains in the han system , which consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka , based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields, Tokushima Domain
480-512: The second-most-populated urban region in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area and one of the world's most productive regions by GDP . Present-day Hyōgo Prefecture includes the former provinces of Harima , Tajima , Awaji , and parts of Tanba and Settsu . In 1180, near the end of the Heian period , Emperor Antoku , Taira no Kiyomori , and the Imperial court moved briefly to Fukuhara, in what
504-588: The south of the province in Kita-ku, Kobe is one of the Three Ancient Springs in Japan. The north of Hyogo Prefecture has sightseeing spots such as Kinosaki Onsen, Izushi , and Yumura Onsen . Takeda Castle in Asago is often referred to locally as the "Machu Picchu of Japan". The matsuba crab and Tajima beef are both national delicacies. Hyogo entered a sister state relationship with Washington state in
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#1732869297189528-570: The total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks , namely the Sanin Kaigan and Setonaikai National Parks; Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park ; and Asago Gunzan , Harima Chūbu Kyūryō , Inagawa Keikoku , Izushi-Itoi , Kasagatayama-Sengamine , Kiyomizu-Tōjōko-Tachikui , Onzui-Chikusa , Seiban Kyūryō , Seppiko-Mineyama , Tajima Sangaku , and Taki Renzan Prefectural Natural Parks. Two major artificial islands are located Hyōgo Prefecture: The city of Akō and
552-615: Was a single unified holding. Hachisuka Masakatsu Hachisuka Masakatsu ( 蜂須賀 正勝 , 1526 – July 8, 1586) , also known Hachisuka Koroku (蜂須賀小六), was a daimyō , retainer and adviser of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history . He was the son of Hachisuka Masatoshi . The Hachisuka clan were the kokujin of the Kaitō District of Owari Province (in present-day Ama District , Aichi Prefecture ). They controlled water transport on
576-582: Was granted the remainder of Awaji Island , bringing his total kokudaka to 257,000 koku . Tokushima Domain developed indigo production in the Yoshino River basin, with Indigo dye much in demand throughout the Edo Period. Indigo merchants in Tokushima almost monopolized the national market due to the quality and strong backing of the clan, and was a major source of the domain's "unofficial" revenue. Although
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