Kishiwada Domain

In the Battle of Sekigahara, Koide Hidemasa and his eldest son Koida Yoshimasa were with the defeated Western Army loyal to the Toyotomi clan.

[2] As the lands of Kishiwada Domain were very fertile and flat, and due to advances in rice cultivation, Matsunaga petitioned the shogunate to raise his official kokudaka from 50,000 to 60,000 koku.

[2] Okabe Nobukatsu's first task was to take steps to avoid a peasant revolt, created by the extra taxes which had been imposed due to Matsudaira Yasushige's increase in kokudaka.

As the domain had significant sources of income from sugar cane cultivation and the production of cotton and cotton cloth in addition to its rice cultivation, the domain survived the 1675 famine and 1707 Hōei earthquake without much difficulties; however, the clan's finances began to deteriorate and despite efforts by successive daimyō at reforms, the domain entered the Bakumatsu period without noticeable improvement in its fiscal position.

The final daimyō of Kishiwada, Okabe Nagatomo served in key positions in the Meiji government, including Secretary-General of the House of Peers Deputy Foreign Minister, Minister of Justice, Governor of Tokyo, member of the Privy Council.