[1][2][3][4][5] Terazawa Hirotaka was a loyal retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and played a significant role during the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592.

Additionally, Hirotaka was appointed as the Nagasaki Magistrate and given control over approximately 83,000 koku in the entire Matsura District.

Hirotaka's allegiance to the eastern army in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 led to being rewarded with an additional 40,000 koku in the Amakusa District, Higo Province by the Tokugawa shogunate.

The rebellion spread to Amakusa, and although Katataka was not as strict as Matsukura Katsuie, he implemented harsh policies within his fiefdom.

Ogasawara Nagayuki, who became the de facto last daimyō of the Karatsu Domain, served as senior councilor and general secretary of foreign affairs during the late Edo period.