Niwase Domain
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Niwase Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now central Okayama Prefecture. It controlled a small portion of eastern Bitchū Province and was centered
Site of Niwase Castle
Itakura Katsuhiro, last ruler of Niwase Domain
Remnant of moats of Niwase Castle
Fudai daimyō
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Fudai daimyō was a class of daimyō in the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa before the Battle of Sekigahara. Fudai daimyō and their descendants filled the ranks o
Niwase Domain
…Tosa-no-kami (土佐守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 21,000 koku 4 Togawa Yasukaze (戸川安風) 1675 - 1679 -none- -none- 20,000 koku Kuze clan, 1683-1686 (Fudai) 1 Kuze Shigeyuki (久世重之) 1683 - 1686 Sanuki-no-kami (讃岐守) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 50,000 koku Fujii-Matsudaira clan, 1693-1697 (Fudai) 1…
Honda Tadakatsu, a famous fudai daimyō of the early Edo period.
Hayashi Tadataka, a famous fudai daimyō of the Bakumatsu period.