By order of Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Yorisada was granted a fief of 20,000 koku in Moriyama in Tamura District in Mutsu Province in 1700.

Although the daimyō of Moriyama were not subject to sankin-kōtai since they were direct relatives of the ruling Tokugawa, they preferred to reside permanently at the clan's Edo residence in Koishikawa and to leave administration of the domain in the hands of overseers appointed by the parent house at Mito Domain.

When the forces of the anti-Tokugawa Satchō Alliance advanced north during the Boshin War, the domain surrendered without a fight.

[1][2] Matsudaira Yorimoto (松平頼元, September 1, 1629 - June 1, 1693) was the 1st daimyō of Nukada Domain in Hitachi Province.

He was a disciple of the noted Confucianism scholar Ogyū Sorai and built a han school to propagate his teachings.

He implemented a number of fiscal reform measures, including laws to prevent peasants from doing to other domains even on a temporary basis, and cracking down on gambling and prostitution.

He attempted to create new industries, including indigo, safflower oil and sericulture and sponsored a system of loans with no interest payments for the first ten years.

He was the eldest son of Matsudaira Yoriyoshi and his mother was a daughter of Tokugawa Harumori of Mito Domain.

Although he was a signatory to the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, he refused demands to supply troops, and instead surrendered without a battle to the forces of the Satchō Alliance.

He participated in the attack on Nihonmatsu Domain and was awarded with 9300 koku in 1869 and was named imperial governor by the new Meiji government, He retired due to ill-health a few months later.

He died in 1873, only one year after his adopted father, and the chieftainship of the Moriyama-Matsudaira clan went to Matsudaira Nobunori of Aizu Domain.