Draft:Asao Domain

The Asao Domain (浅尾藩) was a domain with chigyochi in Bitchu, Kawachi, Yamashiro, and Settsu Provinces in the Edo period. The domain's capital is Asao Jinya (currently Soja City, Okayama Prefecture).



History
The founder of the domain, Maita Hirosada, was a daimyo who joined the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara and was a daimyo who was a patron of the Toyotomi clan. After the Battle of Sekigahara, he was deprived of the Kumoizu Domain, but was later allowed to do so in 1603, he was given 10,000 koku in Kayo-gun and Kuboya-gun, Ogata-gun, Kawachi Province, Kuze-gun, Yamashiro Province, and Toyoshima-gun and Hachibe-gun in Settsu Province, and established the domain in Bitchu Province.

In 1636, the second daimyo of the family, Sadamasa, distributed 3,000 koku to his younger brother Nagahiro, and together with his territory, he became a hatamoto of 8,310 koku, and was no longer a daimyo. In addition, it became 7,700 koku from the third daimyo of the clan, Sadayuki. In the Kinmon Incident in 1864, Hirotaka played an active role in repelling the Choshu clan as a Kyoto Mimari. Maybe because of the resentment at this time, on April 12, 1866, more than 100 Choshu roshi, including Sonichiro Tateishi, who escaped from the Daini Kihei-tai, were attacked and Ashes by more than 100 Roshi (Kurashiki Asao Riot) by the Kurashiki Magistrate's capital. After that, this capital was not sufficiently restored until the Meiji Restoration.

In 1871, the Asao Domain became Asao Prefecture due to the abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures. After that, it was incorporated into Okayama Prefecture through Fukatsu Prefecture and Oda Prefecture.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

 * Bitchu Province
 * Kuboya County - 5 villages
 * Asakuchi County - 3 villages
 * Kayo County - 8 villages
 * Yabe County - 1 village

List of daimyo

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! #||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || kokudaka
 * colspan=6| Kawasaki-Asao-logo.svg  Maita clan, 1603 - 1636 (Tozama daimyo)
 * 1||Maita Hirosada (広定)||1603 - 1636||Saemon-gonzu (左衛門権津)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||10,000 koku||
 * colspan=6| Kawasaki-Asao-logo.svg  Maita clan, 1636 - 1871 (Hatamoto)
 * 1||Maita Sadamasa (定正)||1636 - 1640||Genba ko (ゲンバコ)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||10,000 - - > 8,310 koku||
 * 2||Maita Sadayuki (定行)||1640 - 1690|| None (全然)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 3||Maita Sadanori (定矩)||1690 - 1710|| Bichu no kami(私たちの)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 4||Unknown ruler (定英)||1710 - 1740|| Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 5||Unknown ruler (定安)||1740 - 1771|| Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 6||Unknown ruler (定静)||1771 - 1797||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 7||Unknown ruler (定祥)||1797 - 1812||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 8||Unknown ruler (定庸)||1812 - 1824||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 9||Unknown ruler (広運)||1824 - 1831||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 10||Unknown ruler (広孝)||1831 - 1858||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 11||Maita Hirotaka (マイタヒロタカ)||1858 - 1871||Sagami no kami (相模の神)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * }
 * 5||Unknown ruler (定安)||1740 - 1771|| Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 6||Unknown ruler (定静)||1771 - 1797||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 7||Unknown ruler (定祥)||1797 - 1812||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 8||Unknown ruler (定庸)||1812 - 1824||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 9||Unknown ruler (広運)||1824 - 1831||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 10||Unknown ruler (広孝)||1831 - 1858||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 11||Maita Hirotaka (マイタヒロタカ)||1858 - 1871||Sagami no kami (相模の神)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * }
 * 9||Unknown ruler (広運)||1824 - 1831||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 10||Unknown ruler (広孝)||1831 - 1858||Unknown (未知の)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * 11||Maita Hirotaka (マイタヒロタカ)||1858 - 1871||Sagami no kami (相模の神)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * }
 * 11||Maita Hirotaka (マイタヒロタカ)||1858 - 1871||Sagami no kami (相模の神)||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||8,310 koku||
 * }
 * }