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Kuwana Domain

1601 CE – 1871 CE · capital Kuwana

A domain on the Tokaido road in Ise, guarding the sea crossing to Atsuta, whose last lord fought to the end for the shogunate.

Origins

After Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu gave Kuwana to his famous general Honda Tadakatsu in 1601 with 100,000 koku. Tadakatsu rebuilt the castle and laid out the town at the mouth of the Ibi and Kiso rivers.

Rule and society

Kuwana was the landing point of the Shichiri no watashi, the ferry across Ise Bay on the Tokaido, making it a busy post town. The domain was held by trusted Tokugawa vassal and related families, which were moved in and out; from 1823 it was ruled by the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira. Its last lord, Matsudaira Sadaaki, served as Kyoto deputy alongside his brother Matsudaira Katamori of Aizu.

Decline and legacy

Kuwana troops fought at Toba-Fushimi in 1868, and Sadaaki continued the struggle in the north and Hakodate while the domain surrendered. After abolition in 1871 it became part of Mie Prefecture.

Lineage

Kuwana DomainEmpire of Japan 1868 CE – 1945 CE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kuwana Domain. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kuwana-domain
MLA
“Kuwana Domain.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kuwana-domain. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Kuwana Domain.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kuwana-domain.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Kuwana Domain’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kuwana-domain (Accessed: ).

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