| Kiyosue Domain 清末藩 | |
|---|---|
| Domain of Japan | |
| 1653–1871 | |
| Capital | Kiyosue jin'ya |
| • Type | Daimyō |
| Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1653 |
• Disestablished | 1871 |
| Today part of | Yamaguchi Prefecture |
The Kiyosue Domain (清末藩, Kiyosue-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Nagato Province. It was ruled for the entirety of its history by a branch of the Mōri clan of the neighboring Chōshū Domain.
History
The lord of the domain is the Mori family, and the founder is Morí Mototomo, the third son of Morí Hidemoto (grandson of Morí Motonari) , the first lord of the Chofu Domain. The Chofu Domain and the Chigyochi were cross-breed, but the kokudaka was about 10,000 koku.
In 1653, Morí Mototomo received 10,000 koku of knowledge from his nephew, Morí Tsunamoto, the lord of the Chofu Domain, and established the domain. This is according to the will of Hidemoto, who died in 1650. It is said that the unusual establishment of the Choshu domain, a branch domain from the Chofu Domain, was realized by the strong work of Inaba Masanori, the son-in-law of Hidemoto, the founder of the Chofu Domain.
In 1718, because the second lord Motohira moved to revive the Chofu Domain, which had been discontinued (Morí Masahiro, the sixth lord of the Chofu Domain), the domain was temporarily discontinued. In 1729, on the occasion of Genpei's death, 10,000 koku was distributed to his seventh son, Masanae Mori, and the Kiyosue clan was restored.
The fourth lord of the domain, Masakuni, made efforts to reform the domain government, such as establishing a domain school, Ikueikan, but it led to financial poverty and internal conflicts progressed. Since Masakuni's legitimate child died early, he adopted the fifth generation Masaaki, who was a relative, but the lords of the domain after Masakuni also continued to have adopted children from other families, so there were many disturbances in the house. The Mori family uses "Ichimonji Saboshi" for all the family crests, except for the Iwakuni Domain of the Yoshikawa family in the Choshu clan and its branch domains, but like the Date family's "Bamboo ni Suzume" and the Tokugawa family’s "Mitsuba Aoi", each is slightly different.
Motozumi, the eighth lord of the domain at the end of the Edo period, became the commander of Sekishuguchi in the conquest of Choshu.
The current head of the Kiyosue Mori family is Mori Motoaki.
List of daimyo
# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka 
Mori clan, 1653 - 1871(Tozama daimyo)1 Mori Mototomo (森元友) 1653 - 1683 Kai no kami(甲斐神) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku 2 Mori Motohira (毛利元衡) 1683 - 1718 Sanuki no Kami(大輔 宮内) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku 3 Mori Masanari (森正成) 1718 - 1729 Sanuki no Kami(讃岐神) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku 4 Mori Masakuni (森正邦) 1729 - 1775 Sanuki no Kami(讃岐神) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku 5 Mori Massaki (森正樹) 1775 - 1818 Sanuki no Kami(讃岐神) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku 6 Mori Motoyo (森 元世) 1821 - 1845 Sanuki no Kami(讃岐神) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku 7 Mori Motosugu (毛利元次) 1845 - 1849 Sanuki no Kami(讃岐神) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku 8 Mori Motozumi (森 元純) 1850 - 1871 Sanuki no Kami (讃岐神) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
See also
References
- (in Japanese) Kiyosue on "Edo 300 HTML" (21 Oct. 2007)