Kakegawa Domain (2/2)13 houses rule

Momotoshi Ota was transferred from the Tatebayashi domain to the Kakegawa domain, and the second lord, Moketoshi Ota, worked his way up through the ranks of the shogunate, holding successive positions as performer, temple magistrate, wakayori, Kyoto shoshidai, and roju.
As a result, Kakegawa is rarely visited, and only the graveyard is located in Mishima.

The third generation, Shijun Ota, was also a performer, but he died at the young age of 47, and the fourth lord, Shigen Ota, died at the age of 29 the year after he became the lord.

The fifth lord of the domain, Sukehachi Ota, served as a close aide to the 11th shogun, Ienari Tokugawa, and served as magistrate of temples and shrines, Kyoto shoshidai, Osaka castle lord, etc., and became roju in 1834.
After becoming roju, he had a fierce conflict with Tadakuni Mizuno, who was also roju and had implemented the Tenpo reforms, and using Nariaki Tokugawa of the Mito domain as his shield, he plotted to dismiss Tadakuni Mizuno.

However, this plan failed, and Sukeshi Ota was relieved of his duties as roju and retired.

After that, Dairo Ii Naosuke made an unprecedented personnel change by reappointing Sukeshi Ota to Rojyu, but he resigned after one month and did not hold any important positions in the shogunate after that.

The sixth lord, Mokinori Ota, became a temple and shrine magistrate but died of illness at the age of 36, and the last lord, Mokinori Ota, was moved to Kazusa Yamabe District, which is now Chiba Prefecture, by order of the new government, but became governor of the domain. During the four years he was dismissed from office, he demonstrated his excellent skills and enriched the domain.

After resigning as governor of the domain, he moved to Tokyo and ended his life contributing to education and the arts, including helping to establish the Tokyo French School (one of the predecessors of Hosei University).

Kakegawa clan summary

According to records, the Kakegawa domain cultivated mainly rice, but also tea, wood, and shiitake mushrooms, but production was low and the domain's government was said to have been difficult.

Because it was a key location on the Tokaido route, high-ranking feudal lords, such as relatives and fudai, served as lords, but most of them moved from country to country after a short period of time or held important positions in the shogunate, and the politics of the domain were left to the vassals of the kunimoto. It is assumed that it was left to