Hirose Domain





Hirose Domain (広瀬藩) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Izumo Province in modern-day Shimane Prefecture.

History
In 1666, Konei, the second son of Matsudaira Naomasa, the lord of the Matsue Domain, was given 30,000 koku and established the domain. In 1682, Konei was halved for the crime of being involved in the Echigo Disturbance, but in 1686, he was increased by 5,000 koku and 10,000 koku in 1694, and it became 30,000 koku again, and then he was sealed for 205 years in the 10th generation. In 1850, the eighth generation, Naohiro, was praised as a public official of the shogunate and became the lord of the castle.

In 1871, it became Hirose Prefecture due to the Haihan-chiki Prefecture, and in the same year, it merged with Matsue Prefecture, Mori Prefecture, and part of Hamada Prefecture (Oki region) to become Shimane Prefecture.

The Matsudaira family, the lord of the domain, was made a peerage in 1882, and was conferred a viscount in 1884.

In the han system, Hirose was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. In other words, the domain was defined in terms of kokudaka, not land area. This was different from the feudalism of the West.

List of daimyo
The hereditary daimyōs were head of the clan and head of the domain.
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! #||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || kokudaka
 * colspan=6| Matsudaira Family Crest.png Matsudaira clan, 1666 - 1871(Fudai daimyo)
 * 1||Matsudaira Chikayoshi (松平親義)||1666 - 1702||Uenosuke (上野助) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 2||Matsudaira Chikatoki (松平チカトキ)||1702||Shikibu Shisuke (式部師輔) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 3||Matsudaira Chikatomo (松平チカトモ)||1702 - 1728||Hida no kami (ひだ の 髪) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 4||Matsudaira Chikaaki (松平千秋)||1728 - 1749||Hida no kami (ひだ の 髪) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 5||Matsudaira Chikaki (松平チカキ)||1749 - 1757||Omi no kami (お見 の 髪) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 6||Matsudaira Chikasada (松平千笠)||1757 - 1773||Shikibu Shisuke (式部師輔) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 7||Matsudaira Naoyoshi (松平直義)||1773 - 1803||Sado no kami (佐渡守) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 8||Matsudaira Naohiro (松平直弘)||1803 - 1850||Awaji no kami (淡路 の 髪) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 9||Matsudaira Naoki (松平直樹)||1850 - 1861||Sado no kami (佐渡守) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 10||Matsudaira Naooki (松平直井)||1861 - 1871||Sado no kami (佐渡守) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * }
 * 6||Matsudaira Chikasada (松平千笠)||1757 - 1773||Shikibu Shisuke (式部師輔) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 7||Matsudaira Naoyoshi (松平直義)||1773 - 1803||Sado no kami (佐渡守) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 8||Matsudaira Naohiro (松平直弘)||1803 - 1850||Awaji no kami (淡路 の 髪) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 9||Matsudaira Naoki (松平直樹)||1850 - 1861||Sado no kami (佐渡守) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 10||Matsudaira Naooki (松平直井)||1861 - 1871||Sado no kami (佐渡守) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * }
 * 9||Matsudaira Naoki (松平直樹)||1850 - 1861||Sado no kami (佐渡守) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * 10||Matsudaira Naooki (松平直井)||1861 - 1871||Sado no kami (佐渡守) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
 * }
 * 10||Matsudaira Naooki (松平直井)||1861 - 1871||Sado no kami (佐渡守) ||Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||30,000 koku||
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