Tatsuno Domain

[1][2][3] At the start of the Edo period, the area around Tatsuno was part of the vast holdings of the Ikeda clan of Himeji Domain.

A son-in-law of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Honda Tadamasa received a 150,000 koku portion centered on Himeji Castle.

The 8th daimyo, Wakasaka Yasutada had a very long tenure, and served as Jisha-bugyō and rōjū in the shogunal administration.

However, under WakisakaYasuaya, the domain forces stopped at the border of Ako district, and refused to proceed further during th Second Chōshū expedition.

By the start of the Boshin War, the domain had changed fealty to the new Meiji government and fought against the shogunate in Echigo Province and other locations.