Murakami Domain

However, his son, Murakami Tadakatsu was dispossessed in 1618 for murdering one of his retainers and for the inability to maintain order in his household and was exiled to Tamba Province.

The Naitō continued to rule Murakami to the end of the Edo period, giving the domain much-needed stability.

The 8th daimyō, Naitō Nobutami died in 1868, so the domain was without a ruler going into the Boshin War.

After the Meiji restoration, and the abolition of the han system in 1871, the domain became part of Niigata Prefecture.

[2][3] Naitō Kazunobu (内藤弌信, November 13, 1658 – December 30, 1730) was a daimyō under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.

He was born in Edo and was adopted by Naitō Nobuyoshi of Tanagura Domain as his heir in 1673.

He was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ietsuna the same year, and was granted the courtesy title of Kii-no-kami.

In 1712, he served as Osaka-jō dai, with a change in courtesy title to Bungo-no-kami and a promotion in court rank; however, no increase in kokudaka.

He was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi the same year, and was granted the courtesy title of Buzen-no-kami, which was changed to Iyo-no-kami in 1709.

He became daimyō of Murakami on Kazunobu's retirement in 1725, receiving also the title of Kii-no-kami, but died after less than a month.

He was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune in 1736, and was granted the courtesy title of Kii-no-kami.

He was born in Edo, and was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ieshige in 1758 and was granted the courtesy title of Buzen-no-kami.

He was born in Murakami, and adopted as posthumous heir upon his brother Naboakira's unexpected death.

He was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ieharu in 1765 and was granted the courtesy title of Kii-no-kami.

His wife was a daughter of Matsudaira Sadanobu of Shirakawa Domain, author of the Kansei Reforms.

He retired in 1864, turning the domain over to his adopted son, but continuing to influence politics to the extent that the domain became a member of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei during the Boshin War and fought in the Battle of Hokuetsu against the Meiji government.

In 1860 he was adopted as heir to Naitō Nobuchika, and was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ieshige in 1863, and granted the courtesy title of Buzen-no-kami, later changed to Kii-no-kami.

In 1868, feigning illness, he refused calls by the shogunate and opened negotiations with the Meiji government, but opinion in the domain was divided, and due to the influence of Nobuchika, the domain sided with the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei during the Boshin War.

With the defeat of the pro-Tokugawa forces in the Battle of Hokuetsu, he returned to Murakami and committed seppuku on August 28 at the age of 19.

In 1868, Narukami Castle had fallen to the forces of the Meiji government and Naitō Nobutami had committed suicide.