DAIMYO of

TOSA PROVINCE

Yamanouchi

• Domain: Kochi • Tosa
• Stipend: 242,000 koku
• Class: Tozama 4
• Headquarters: Kochi Castle (Hilltop)

Daimyo family descended from Fujiwara Hidesato.

Senior branch.

Succession

• Fujiwara Hidesato
• ...
• Toshimichi
• ...
• Moritoyo
• Kazutoyo (1546-1605) - 1st Yamanouchi daimyo of Kochi (1601-1605)
• Tadayoshi
• Tadatoyo
• Toyomasa
• Toyofusa
• Toyotaka
• Toyotsune
• Toyonobu
• Toyochika
• Toyokazu
• Toyooki
• Toyosuke
• Toyoteru
• Toyoatsu (unranked)
• Toyoshige
• Toyonori

Notable Ancestors

• Yamanouchi Toshimichi

Descended from Hidesato in the 10th generation, was the first to take the name of Yamanouchi.

• Yamanouchi Moritoyo

In the 16th century governed the castles of Iwakura and Kuroda in Owari.

• Yamanouchi Kazutoyo (1546-1605)

Son of Moritoyo. At the age of 13, he entered the service of Nobunaga. Hideyoshi in 1582 gave him the fief of Takahama (Wakasa), then in 1585 that of Nagahama (Omi) and the title of Tsushima no kami. In 1590 transferred to Kakegawa (Totomi -- 50,000 koku), he later on sided with Ieyasu, who in 1600 bestowed upon him the whole province of Tosa (242,000 koku) with a residence at Kochi.

His descendants remained there.

Related Branches

• Junior branch: Kochi-Shinden (Tosa -- 13,000 koku)

Sources

• Papinot
• Wikipedia - "Tosa Domain" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosa_Domain)
• Wikipedia - "Yamauchi Kazutoyo" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamauchi_Kazutoyo)
• Wikipedia - "Kochi Castle" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōchi_Castle)
• Edo 300 Han HTML Charts - "Kochi Han - Tosa Han" (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/shikoku/kochi.html)
• Jcastle.info - "Kochi Castle" (http://www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/51-Kochi-Castle)

Yamanouchi

• Domain: Kochi-Shinden
• Stipend: 13,000 koku
• Class: Tozama 5
• Headquarters: Municipal office

Daimyo family descended from Fujiwara Hidesato.

Junior branch.

Succession

• Toyotada
• Tadayoshi
• Toyotake
• Toyokata
• Toyoyoshi
• Toyoshige

Related Branches

• Senior branch: Kochi (Tosa -- 242,000 koku)

Sources

• Edo 300 Han HTML Charts - "Kochi-Shinden Han" (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/shikoku/kochi-sinden.html)

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