Takamatsu Domain

Origins

Ikoma Chikamasa received Sanuki from Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1587 and in 1588 began Takamatsu castle, a sea castle with moats fed by seawater. The Ikoma kept the province after 1600, but a family dispute led the shogunate to remove them in 1640.

Rule and society

In 1642 Matsudaira Yorishige, a son of the Mito Tokugawa founder, was given eastern Sanuki with 120,000 koku, and his line ruled until the end of the period as close kin of the shoguns. The domain developed the Ritsurin garden; Matsudaira Yoritaka encouraged sugar cane in the mid-18th century, leading to fine wasanbon sugar, and large salt pans followed in the 19th century.

Decline and legacy

Takamatsu fought for the shogunate at Toba-Fushimi in 1868 and was occupied and punished by the new government. After its abolition in 1871 the area became part of Kagawa Prefecture.