The Kawagoe Domain (川越藩, Kawagoe-han) was a feudal domainofJapan during the Momoyama and Edo periods of the history of Japan. It was located in Iruma District, now part of Saitama Prefecture, in Musashi Province (Bushū). The domain had its headquarters at Kawagoe Castle in the present-day city of Kawagoe.
The domain had its beginning in 1590, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated the Late Hōjō clan in the Siege of Odawara. Hideyoshi awarded vast Hōjō holdings to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who enfoeffed Sakai Shigetada at Kawagoe with a rating of 10,000 koku. Shigetada was transferred in 1601, and the next daimyo was appointed in 1609. At its peak, the domain had a rating of 170,000 koku.
The following list shows the daimyo who headed the domain, together with their years in office.
This article incorporates information from the article 川越藩 (Kawagoe-han) and articles on the individual daimyo on the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on September 15, 2007.