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was a Japanese domain

Han (Japan)

The or domain was the name of the estate belonging to a warrior in Japan after the 17th century. The fiefs of the daimyos of the samurai class of Japan during the Edo period were called han.-Edo period:...

of the Edo period

Edo period

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, located in Shimōsa Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture

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), Japan

Japan

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. It was centered on what is now Chuo Ward

Chuo-ku, Chiba

is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and is the seat of the city government, and the location of the prefectural government offices for Chiba Prefecture. It is also the commercial center of Chiba. As of 2011, the ward had an estimated population of 199,650 and a...

and Midori Ward

Midori-ku, Chiba

is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, the ward had an estimated population of 122,686 and a population density of 1,850 persons per km²...

of the city of Chiba

Chiba

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. It was ruled for the entirety of its history by the Morikawa clan.

Oyumi Domain was created in February, 1627, when Morikawa Shigetoshi, a hatamoto
Hatamoto
A was a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin. However, in the Edo period, hatamoto were the upper vassals of the Tokugawa...

in the service of Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada

Tokugawa Hidetada

was the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.-Early life :...

acquired holdings in Sagami

Sagami Province

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, Kazusa

Kazusa Province

was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture. It lies on in the middle of the Bōsō Peninsula , whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was or .Kazusa is classified as one of the...

and Shimōsa Provinces with revenues exceeding the 10,000 koku
Koku
The is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres. The koku was originally defined as a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year...

necessary to qualify as a daimyō. He was allowed to build a jin'ya
Jin'ya
During the Edo period of Japanese history, a was the administrative headquarters of a small domain or parcel of land held by the Tokugawa shogunate, as well as the residence of the head of the administration, and the associated grain storehouse. While larger domains had castles, certain smaller...

on the site of the Sengoku period

Sengoku period

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Oyumi Castle. He later rose to the post of Rōjū
Roju
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and his successors continued to rule Oyumi Domain until the Meiji Restoration

Meiji Restoration

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List of daimyō

Morikawa clan (fudai
Fudai
was a class of daimyo who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa in Edo period Japan. It was primarily the fudai who filled the ranks of the Tokugawa administration.-Origins:...

) 1627-1871

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1		1627–1632	Dewa-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10 ,000 koku
2		1632–1663	Iga-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
3		1663–1692	Dewa-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
4		1692–1732	Dewa-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
5		1732–1734	Naizen-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
6		1734–1764	Naizen-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
7		1764–1788	Kii-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10 ,000 koku
8		1788–1838	Naizen-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
9		1838–1855	Dewa-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
10		1855–1858	Dewa-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
11		1858–1862	Dewa-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
12		1862–1871	Naizen-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku

The site of the Oyumi Domain jin'ya is now under a residential area of the city of Chiba.

List of daimyō

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