Matsumoto Domain

[2] During the Sengoku period, Matsumoto was the seat of the Ogasawara clan, the shugo of Shinano Province.

After the fall of the Takeda clan, the area became a disputed region, eventually coming under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who placed Ogasawara Hidemasa in charge of Matsumoto.

The Ishikawa were confirmed as daimyō of Matsumoto Domain after the formation of the Tokugawa shogunate, but were dispossessed due to a political scandal in 1613 involving Ōkubo Nagamasa.

In 1613, Ogasawara Hidemasa was allowed to return to Matsumoto Domain, with revenues of 80,000 koku.

During the Bakumatsu period, forces from Matsumoto supported the Tokugawa shogunate against the Mito rebellion and at the Kinmon incident and in both Chōshū expeditions.

However, with the start of the Boshin War, the final daimyō of Matsumoto, Matsudaira Mitsuhisa, changed sides to the imperial cause, and his forces fought in the imperial armies at the Battle of Hokuetsu and the Battle of Aizu.

He later served as domain governor until 1871, and was awarded the title of shishaku (marquis) under the kazoku peerage system.

[3][4] Matsudaira Mitsuchika (松平光慈, October 22, 1711 – September 29, 1732) was a daimyō under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.

He became daimyō on his father's death in 1717, and the same year the clan was ordered to transfer from Yodo to Toba.

In 1732, he was posthumous adopted as heir by his elder brother, Matsudaira Mitsuchika and was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune.

He became daimyō on his father's death in 1756; however, he died in 1759 at the clan's Gofukubashi residence in Edo at the age of 23.

He was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ieshige in 1759, and was appointed a sōshaban in 1767, holding that post until 1772.

His wife was a daughter of Matsudaira Takechika of Tanagura Domain; however, he had no male heir.

In 1777, Matsumoto Castle was destroyed by a fire, and he was forced to apply to the shogunate for a loan of 5000 ryō for rebuilding.

Mitsuyuki adopted Mitsutsura as his heir in 1794, and he was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ienari.