| Kaga Domain
加賀藩
Kaga-han | |
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| DomainofJapan | |
| 1601–1871 | |
Kanazawa Castle in Kanazawa
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Mon of the Kaga-Maeda | |
 Map of Kaga Domain (green), Daishōji Domain (orange) and Toyama Domain (brown) in late Edo period. | |
| Capital | Kanazawa Castle |
| Area | |
| • Coordinates | 36°34′N 136°52′E / 36.567°N 136.867°E / 36.567; 136.867 |
| Government | |
| Daimyō | |
• 1601–1605 | Maeda Toshinaga (first) |
• 1866–1871 | Maeda Yoshiyasu (last) |
| Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1601 |
| 1871 | |
| Contained within | |
| • Province | Kaga, Etchū, Noto |
| Today part of | Ishikawa Prefecture Toyama Prefecture |
The Kaga Domain (加賀藩, Kaga-han), also known as the Kanazawa Domain (金沢藩, Kanazawa-han), was a domain of the Tokugawa ShogunateofJapan during the Edo period from 1583 to 1871.[1]
The Kaga Domain was based at Kanazawa CastleinKaga Province, in the modern city of Kanazawa, located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshu. The Kaga Domain was ruled for its existence by the tozama daimyō of the Maeda, and covered most of Kaga Province and Etchū Province and all of Noto Province in the Hokuriku region. The Kaga Domain had an assessed kokudaka of over one million koku, making it by far the largest domain of the Tokugawa shogunate.[2] The Kaga Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 by the Meiji government and its territory was absorbed into Ishikawa Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture.
Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583.[1] His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase in his lands to 1.25 million koku.
Toshinaga was succeeded by his brother Maeda Toshitsune, who created two cadet branches of the clan:
A third cadet line was founded by Toshitsune's brother Maeda Toshitaka for his services during the Siege of Osaka. This branch held the Nanokaichi Domain, rated at the minimum of 10,000 koku.
The Maeda clan ruled the Kaga Domain for the entirety of its existence until the abolition of the domains in 1871 after the Meiji Restoration and the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the Kaga Domain's daimyō is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo.
As with most domains in the han system, the Kaga Domain consisted of discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[3][4] At the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868, the Kaga Domain consisted of the following holdings:
| # | Name | Tenure | Courtesy title | Court Rank | kokudaka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Maeda clan (tozama) 1583--.1871[5]
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| 0 | Maeda Toshiie (前田利家) | 1583–1599 | Chikuzen-no-kami (筑前守) | Junior 2nd Rank (従二位); Dainagon (大納言) | 830,000 koku |
| 1 | Maeda Toshinaga (前田利長) | 1599–1605 | Hizen-no-kami (肥前守) | Junior 3rd Rank (従三位); Chūnagon (中納言) | 1,200,000 koku |
| 2 | Maeda Toshitsune (前田利常) | 1605–1639 | Hizen-no-kami (肥前守) | Junior 3rd Rank (従三位); Chūnagon (中納言) | 1,200,000 koku |
| 3 | Maeda Mitsutaka (前田光高) | 1639–1645 | Chikuzen-no-kami (筑前守) | Senior 4th, Lower Grade (正四位下); Sakone-sho-sho (左近衛権少将) | 1,200,000 koku |
| 4 | Maeda Tsunanori (前田綱紀) | 1645–1723 | Kaga-no-kami (加賀守) | Junior 3rd Rank (従三位); Sangi (参議) | 1,030,000 koku |
| 5 | Maeda Yoshinori (前田吉徳) | 1723–1745 | Kaga-no-kami (加賀守) | Senior 4th, Lower Grade (正四位下); Sakone-chu-sho (左近衛権中将) | 1,025,000 koku |
| 6 | Maeda Munetoki (前田宗辰) | 1745–1746 | Kaga-no-kami (加賀守) | Senior 4th, Lower Grade (正四位下); Sakone-chu-sho (左近衛権中将) | 1,025,000 koku |
| 7 | Maeda Shigehiro (前田重熙) | 1746–1753 | Kaga-no-kami (加賀守) | Senior 4th, Lower Grade (正四位下); Sakone-chu-sho (左近衛権中将) | 1,025,000 koku |
| 8 | Maeda Shigenobu (前田重靖) | 1753 | Kaga-no-kami (加賀守) | Senior 4th, Lower Grade (正四位下); Sakone-sho-sho (左近衛権少将) | 1,025,000 koku |
| 9 | Maeda Shigemichi (前田重教) | 1753–1771 | Hizen-no-kami (肥前守) | Senior 4th, Lower Grade (正四位下); Sakone-chu-sho (左近衛権中将) | 1,025,000 koku |
| 10 | Maeda Harunaga (前田治脩) | 1771–1802 | Kaga-no-kami (加賀守) | Senior 4th, Lower Grade (正四位下); Sakone-chu-sho (左近衛権中将) | 1,025,000 koku |
| 11 | Maeda Narinaga (前田斉広) | 1802–1822 | Hizen-no-kami (肥前守) | Senior 4th, Lower Grade (正四位下); Sakone-chu-sho (左近衛権中将) | 1,025,000 koku |
| 12 | Maeda Nariyasu (前田斉泰) | 1822–1866 | Kaga-no-kami (加賀守) | Senior 2nd Rank (正二位); Gon-Chūnagon (権中納言) | 1,025,000 koku |
| 13 | Maeda Yoshiyasu (前田慶寧) | 1866–1871 | Kaga-no-kami (加賀守) | Junior 3rd Rank (従三位); Sangi (参議) | 1,030,000 koku |
The clan records were preserved over the course of centuries.[6]
I. Toshiie, 1st daimyō of Kaga (cr. 1583) (1539–1599; r. 1583–1599)
II. Toshinaga, 2nd daimyō of Kaga (1562–1614; r. 1599–1605) III. Toshitsune, 3rd daimyō of Kaga (1594–1658; r. 1605–1639)
IV. Mitsutaka, 4th daimyō of Kaga (1616–1645; r. 1639–1645)
V. Tsunanori, 5th daimyō of Kaga (1643–1724; r. 1645–1723)
VI. Yoshinori, 6th daimyō of Kaga (1690–1745; r. 1723–1745)
VII. Munetoki, 7th daimyō of Kaga (1725–1747; r. 1745–1747) VIII. Shigehiro, 8th daimyō of Kaga (1729–1753; r. 1747–1753) IX. Shigenobu, 9th daimyō of Kaga (1735–1753; r. 1753) X. Shigemichi, 10th daimyō of Kaga (1741–1786; r. 1754–1771)
XII. Narinaga, 12th daimyō of Kaga (1782–1824; r. 1802–1822)
XIII. Nariyasu, 13th daimyō of Kaga (1811–1884; r. 1822–1866)
XIV. Yoshiyasu, 14th daimyō of Kaga, 14th family head (1830–1874; r. 1866–1869; Governor: 1869–1871; family head: 1869–1874)
XI. Harunaga, 11th daimyō of Kaga (1745–1810; r. 1771–1802).
