Sonobe Domain

He built Sonobe jin'ya, the castle town and completed various irrigation and land improvement works.

However, during the tenure of the 7th daimyō, Koide Fusatake, the domain suffered from repeated natural disaster, including flooding, crop failure and famine, which ruined the clan's financial resources.

The increase in price and taxes led to a widespread revolt in 1787, which was worsened by a fire which destroyed most of the town.

The domain implemented a monopoly system on tobacco and lumber, which helped alleviate its financial problems.

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