Sanda Domain

[1][2][3] Araki Murashige conquered Settsu Province for Oda Nobunaga and rebuilt an ancient fortification which had been erected by the Akamatsu clan as Sanda Castle in 1575.

His son, Yamazaki Iemori, although serving in the losing Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara, was transferred to Wakasa Domain in Inaba Province with an increase to 30,000 koku by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Due to his exploits in the Battle of Osaka in 1620, he was promoted to 200,000 koku and transferred to Kurume Domain in Chikugo Province.

However, due to their large number of retainers and reduced circumstances, the clan was always in financial difficulties.

In 1780, when the 8th daimyō, Kuki Takamura, raised taxes, a peasant uprising broke out, and several merchant houses in the castle town were destroyed.

This was successful, and he embarked on the real estate and financial businesses, and had a great influence on the urban development of Kobe.