Fukui Domain

In the Sengoku period, the area around Fukui was known as Kita-no-sho, and controlled by Shibata Katsutoyo, the adopted son of Shibata Katsuie, one of Oda Nobunaga's leading generals, after the Asakura clan was dispossessed by Shibata Katsuie. After Shibata Katsutoyo died of illness during the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, the area was given to the Aoyama clan. However, the Aoyama sided with the Western Army under Ishida Mitsunari during the Battle of Sekigahara and were thus dispossessed by the victorious Tokugawa Ieyasu. In 1601, Ieyasu awarded Echizen Province to his second son, Yūki Hideyasu as a 670,000 koku fief. Yūki Hideyasu was permitted to change his name to Matsudaira Hideyasu, and he rebuilt Fukui Castle and the surrounding jōkamachi as his capital.Gow, Ian. (2004). [https://books.google.com/books?id=GLQtrhwD-iEC&pg=PA16&dq= Military Intervention in Pre-War Japanese Politics, p. 16]. His son, Matsudaira Tadanao was of violent disposition and was on bad terms with Shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada, and was consequently dispossessed and banished to Kyushu. He was replaced by his younger brother, Matsudaira Tadamasa, with a reduction in kokudaka to 500,000 koku. His descendants continued to rule over Fukui until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Under Tadamasa's successor, Matsudaira Mitsumichi, the domain was reduced further with the creation of subsidiary domains as Yoshie Domain and Echizen-Maruoka Domain. the domain was plagued with financial difficulties through most of its history, due to frequent flooding, crop failure, epidemics and the profligate spending of its daimyō. In 1661, Fukui became the first han to issue hansatsu (domain paper money).

In 1686, the domain faced a succession crisis and O-Ie Sōdō with the removal of Matsudaira Tsunamasa due to insanity was reduced from 475,000 koku to 250,000 koku.Gow, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GLQtrhwD-iEC&pg=PA16&dq= pp. 16–17]. A number of the later daimyō of Fukui were adopted into the clan from the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family, one of the Gosankyō, the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa clan.

During the Bakumatsu period, Matsudaira Yoshinaga (better known as Matsudaira Shungaku), was one of the leading political figures in the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate. The final daimyō of Fukui was Matsudaira Mochiaki, who served as imperial governor under the Meiji government until the abolition of the han system in 1871 and the creation of modern Fukui Prefecture.

Source:Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Matsudaira" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 30]; retrieved April 9, 2013.

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• Mizuno Tadamasa, Lord of Kariya (1493–1543). Maternal grandfather of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He had issue, including a daughter:
• {{Tree list/final branch}}O-dainokata (1528–1602). She married twice and had issue, including three sons:
• 20px Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1st Tokugawa Shōgun (1543–1616; r. 1603–1605) (by O-dainokata's first husband Matsudaira Hirotada (1526–1549))
• 15px I. Yūki (Matsudaira) Hideyasu, 1st Lord of Fukui (cr. 1601) (1574–1607; Lord of Fukui: 1601–1607) (mother: Kotoku-no-Tsubone)
• 15px II. Matsudaira Tadanao, 2nd Lord of Fukui (1595–1650; r. 1607–1623) (mother: Nakagawa no Tsubone)
• 15px III. Matsudaira Tadamasa, 3rd Lord of Fukui (1598–1645; r. 1623–1645) (mother: Nakagawa no Tsubone)
• Matsudaira Masakatsu, Lord of Matsuoka (1636–1693)
• 15px VI. Matsudaira Tsunamasa, 6th Lord of Fukui (1661–1699; r. 1676-1686)
• 15px IX. Matsudaira Munemasa, 9th Lord of Fukui (1675–1724; r. 1721–1724)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}15px VIII. Matsudaira Yoshikuni, 8th Lord of Fukui (1681–1722; r. 1710–1721)
• 15px IV. Matsudaira Mitsumichi, 4th Lord of Fukui (1636–1674; r. 1645–1674)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}15px V & VII. Matsudaira Masachika (Yoshiyori, as 7th Lord), 5th and 7th Lord of Fukui (1640–1711; 5th Lord of Fukui: 1674–1676; 7th Lord of Fukui: 1686–1710)
• Matsudaira Naomasa, Lord of Matsue (1601–1666) (mother: Gesshoōin)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Chikayoshi, 1st Lord of Echizen-Matsudaira (1632–1717)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Chikatoki, 2nd Lord of Echizen-Matsudaira (1659–1702)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Naoyuki, 1st Lord of Itoigawa (1682–1718)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Naomoto, Lord of Himeji (1604–1648) (mother: Shinryō-in)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Naonori, Lord of Shirakawa (1642–1695)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Motochika, Lord of Shirakawa (1682–1721)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}15px X. Matsudaira Munenori, 10th Lord of Fukui (1715–1749; r. 1724–1749)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Yorinobu, 1st Lord of Kishū (1602–1671) (mother: Kageyama-dono)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Mitsutada, 2nd Lord of Kishū (1627–1705)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}20px Tokugawa Yoshimune, 5th Lord of Kishū, 8th Tokugawa Shōgun (1684–1751; Lord of Kishū: 1705–1716; Shōgun: 1716–1745) (mother: Oyuri no Kata later Jōenin (1655–1726))
• {{Tree list/final branch}} Tokugawa Munetada, 1st head of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa line (1721–1765) (mother: Oume no Kata later Shinshin'in (1700–1721))
• 15px XI. Matsudaira Shigemasa, 11th Lord of Fukui (1743–1758; r. 1749–1758) (mother: Ichijo Akiko later Fushin'in)
• 15px XII. Matsudaira Shigetomi, 12th Lord of Fukui (1748–1809; r. 1758–1799) (mother: Oyuka no Kata)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}15px XIII. Matsudaira Haruyoshi, 13th Lord of Fukui (1768–1826; r. 1799–1825)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}15px XIV. Matsudaira Naritsugu, 14th Lord of Fukui (1811–1835; r. 1826–1835)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Harusada, 2nd head of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa line (1751–1827) (mother: Oyuka no Kata)
• 20px Tokugawa Ienari, 11th Tokugawa Shōgun (1773–1841; r. 1786–1841)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}15px XV. Matsudaira Narisawa, 15th Lord of Fukui (1820–1838; r. 1835–1838) (mother: Ohachi no Kata later Honrin'in (?-1850))
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Narimasa, 4th head of the Tayasu-Tokugawa line (1779–1848)
• 15px XVI. Matsudaira Yoshinaga, 16th Lord of Fukui (1828–1890; r. 1838–1858)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Yoshiyori, 8th head of the Tayasu-Tokugawa line (1828–1876)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Satotaka, 9th head of the Tayasu-Tokugawa line, 1st Count (1865–1941)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Captain Tokugawa Satonari IJN, 10th head of the Tayasu-Tokugawa line, 2nd Count (1899–1961)
• {{Tree list/final branch}} Matsudaira Munetoshi, 20th family head (b. 1940; 20th family head: 1957–present), m. Matsudaira Tomoko (b. 1944, see below), and has issue, including:
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Teruyasu (b. 1965)
• {{Tree list/final branch}} Matsudaira Shizuki (b. 1994)
• Matsudaira Yasumoto, 1st Lord of Sekiyado (1552–1603) (by O-dainokata's second husband Hisamatsu Toshikatsu (1526–1587))
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Tadayoshi, 2nd Lord of Sekiyado (1582–1624)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Yasunao, Lord of Nagashina (1623–1696)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Sadakazu (1662–1745), m. the daughter of Matsudaira Tadamasa, Lord of Kariya (1610–1673)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Naoyoshi, 2nd Lord of Itoigawa (1701–1739)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Katafusa, 3rd Lord of Itoigawa (1734–1773)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Naotsugu, 4th Lord of Itoigawa (1759–1814)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Naomasu, 5th Lord of Itoigawa (1789–1833)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Naoharu, 6th Lord of Itoigawa (1810–1878)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}15px XVII. Matsudaira Mochiaki, 17th Lord of Fukui, 7th Lord of Itoigawa, 17th family head, 1st Marquess (1836–1890; Lord of Itoigawa: 1857–1858; Lord of Fukui: 1858–1869; Governor of Fukui: 1869–1871; 17th family head: 1858–1890; Count: 1884; Marquess: 1888)
• {{Tree list/final branch}} Matsudaira Yasutaka, 18th family head and 2nd Marquess (1867–1930; 18th family head and 2nd Marquess: 1890–1930)
• {{Tree list/final branch}} Matsudaira Yasumasa, 19th family head and 3rd Marquess (1893–1957; 19th family head: 1930–1957; 3rd Marquess: 1930–1947)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Yasuchika (1916–1947)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Tomoko (b. 1944), m. Matsudaira Munetoshi, 20th family head (b. 1940)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Hisamatsu Sadakatsu, Lord of Kuwana (1560–1624)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Tadamasa, Lord of Kariya (1610–1673)
• {{Tree list/final branch}}A daughter, who married Matsudaira Sadakazu (1662–1745), and had issue – see above.

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Like most domains in the han system, Fukui Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields,Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Hv99D510nHcC&pg=PA150&dq= The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150].Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=T2_5_W7UFXwC&pg=PA18&dq= Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18].

• Echizen Province
• 158 villages in Asuwa District
• 136 villages in Yoshida District
• 57 villages in Nanjō District
• 57 villages in Imadate District
• 93 villages in Nyū District
• 8 villages in Ōno District
• 168 villages in Sakai District

In addition, Fukui Domain administered the extensive tenryō territories in Echizen Province on behalf of the Tokugawa shogunate, deriving substantial revenue from these holdings, which were not counted as part of its nominal kokudaka.

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• [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/hokuriku/fukui.html "Fukui" at Edo 300] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231730/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/hokuriku/fukui.html |date=March 3, 2016 }} {{in lang|ja}}
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