[1][2][3] Ikoma Chikamasa, a general in the service of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was awarded territories in Sanuki Province with a kokudaka of 171,800 koku in 1587, and construction was begun on Marugame Castle in 1597.

The Ikoma clan was demoted to Yashima Domain in Dewa Province by the shogunate in 1640 due to attainder following an uprising.

In the Tenmei era, the underemployed samurai of the domain were assigned to make uchiwa fans to supplement their income.

The domain therefore petitioned the Tokugawa shogunate to divide the holding with his brother-in-law, Kyōgoku Takamichi, who would serve as official guardian.

It was only during the tenure of the Kyōgoku Takakata in 1827 that a jin'ya was actually built within the territory of the sub-domain itself, in what is now part of the town of Tadotsu, Kagawa.

As with most domains in the han system, Marugame consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.