Fukuchiyama Domain

Afterwards, Toyotomi Hideyoshi awarded the Fukuchiyama area to his generals Sugihara Ieji and Onogi Shigeuji, both of whom were subsequently killed in 1600 at the Siege of Tanabe fighting for the Western Army.

The Kutsuki clan would continue to rule Fukuchiyama until the Meiji restoration, although the domain's finances were alway precarious, especially after the Kyōhō famine of 1732-1733.

During the Bakumatsu period, the final daimyō, Kutsuki Moritsuna, surrendered to imperial forces after the defeat of the pro-Tokugawa army at the Battle of Toba-Fushimi.

Following the abolition of the han system in 1871, he relocated to Tokyo, and devoted the remainder of his life to providing relief measures for his former samurai retainers.

His son, Viscount Kutsuki Tsunasada, was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician, and noted researcher of gunpowder.

Fukuchiyama Castle
Kutsuki Moritsuna, final daimyō of Fukuchiyama