Hamamatsu Domain (1/2)Ruled by twelve famous families

Hamamatsu Domain is a domain ruled by Fudai Daimyo.
During the Edo period, feudal lords were often transferred from one domain to another, and the Hamamatsu domain was known for its rapid turnover of feudal lords.
Hamamatsu Castle, which served as the residence of feudal lords, was also called ``Castle of Success'' because many of the castle lords held important positions in the shogunate.

In fact, from among the successive castle lords, there were five roju, two Osaka castle lords, two Kyoto shoshidai, and four temple and shrine magistrates, including those who held concurrent positions.
Let's unravel the history of the Hamamatsu clan and live it.

Birth of Hamamatsu Domain

Hamamatsu was ruled by Tokugawa Ieyasu as the lord of Hamamatsu Castle for 17 years from the age of 29 to 45.
During this time, Ieyasu took part in battles that left his name in Japanese history, starting with the Battle of Mikatagahara, Anegawa, Nagashino, Komaki and Nagakute, and rose to the forefront of history.

When the Odawara Conquest occurred in 1590 and the Hojo clan fell, Toyotomi Hideyoshi transferred Tokugawa Ieyasu to Musashi, and Yoshiharu Horio, a senior vassal of the Toyotomi clan, entered Hamamatsu Castle with 120,000 koku.
After that, his son Tadashi Horio became the second lord of the castle.

Tadauji Horio played an active role in the Eastern Army during the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, and after the establishment of the Edo Shogunate, he was transferred to the Izumo-Tomita domain (later the Matsue domain).

After that, Tadayori Matsudaira, a senior vassal of the Tokugawa clan, entered Hamamatsu Castle from the Mino Kanayama domain with 50,000 koku.
The Hamamatsu clan was born here.

Hamamatsu Domain ruled by Fudai Daimyo

Tadayori Matsudaira, the first lord of the Hamamatsu domain, was born to Tokugawa Ieyasu's half-sister.
In other words, he is Tokugawa Ieyasu's nephew.

After the Battle of Sekigahara, he was given the Hamamatsu domain for 50,000 koku, but in 1609, when he was invited to the Edo mansion of his cousin, Tadatane Mizuno, he and Saheiji Kume, who were present in the tea room, He got caught up in a dispute with Hattori Hanpachi and was stabbed to death.
He was still only 28 years old, and as a result, the Sakurai Matsudaira family was forced to lose control.
Furthermore, Tadatane Mizuno and Hanpachi Hattori were ordered to commit seppuku in order to take responsibility for this disturbance.

When the Sakurai-Matsudaira family was annexed, Shigeo Mizuno, a maternal cousin of Tokugawa Ieyasu, was transferred as the second lord of the domain. He was promoted after being given 25,000 koku by the chief retainer of the Mito domain. He played an active role in assisting Tokugawa Yorinobu, the tenth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who made his first appearance at the Osaka Winter Campaign in 1614.
When Yorinobu Tokugawa moved to the Kishu domain, Shigeo Mizuno returned to the position of chief retainer and supported Yorinobu Tokugawa until his death.

The third lord, Tadafusa Takaki, was transferred to the Shimabara domain after the Shimabara Rebellion, and the fourth lord, Matsudaira Norihisa, became the lord of Tokugawa Ietsuna four years after becoming the lord of Hamamatsu Castle, and two years later, he was transferred to Ueno Tatebayashi 6. The amount will be increased and transferred to 10,000 koku.
Afterwards, Ota Susumune became the lord of the Hamamatsu domain. Ota Susumune, who became the fifth lord of the domain, was very close to the Tokugawa family, as his father's sister was a concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
He supported the shogunate as a close aide to the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu.
He is also known as the person who completed the samurai family genealogy compilation ``Kanei Shokei Zuden.''

As the fifth lord of the domain, he was finally able to have his second son, Shigetsugu Ota, succeed him, but Shigetsugu Ota became the lord of the domain seven years later. In 1678, when he was appointed as the lord of Osaka Castle, he was given an additional 20,000 koku and his fiefs were transferred to Settsu, Kawachi, Shimousa, etc.

The next person to become the lord of the Hamamatsu domain was Munetoshi Aoyama.