Tsurumaki Domain (鶴牧藩,Tsurumaki-han) was afeudal domain under theTokugawa shogunate of theEdo period, located inKazusa Province (modern-dayChiba Prefecture),Japan. It was centered on Tsurumakijin'ya in what is now the city ofIchihara, Chiba. It was ruled for the entirety of its history by a branch of theMizuno clan. The name of “Tsurumaki” came from the Mizunokamiyashiki in Edo, which was located in Wadeda-Tsurumaki-cho.

Tsurumaki Domain was created on May 19, 1827, whenMizuno Tadateru, thedaimyō ofHōjō Domain inAwa Province relocated hisjin'ya from Awa to Kazusa. As he was entitled by his status to have acastle, rather than a fortified residence, hisjin'ya was called "Tsurumaki Castle". He died the following year, and his adopted son,Mizuno Tadamitsu, also served as awakadoshiyori in theshōgun's court inEdo. Tadamitsu's sonMizuno Tadayori fought on the shogunal side in theBoshin War of theMeiji Restoration, attacking his pro-imperial neighbors. As a result, he was forced to give up most of his holdings scattered around Awa and Kazusa provinces in exchange for new lands in 1869. However, he was pardoned by the newMeiji government the following year, becoming domainal governor until theabolition of the han system in 1871. He was subsequently made aviscount (shishaku) in thekazoku peerage, and the former Tsumaki Domain absorbed into the short-lived Kisarazu Prefecture before becoming part of modern Chiba Prefecture.

The domain had a population of 20,586 people in 4757 households per an 1869 census.^[1]

As with most domains in thehan system, Tsurumaki Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assignedkokudaka, based on periodiccadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.^[2][3]

• Kazusa Province
  • 1 village in Moda District
  • 12 villages in Ichihara District
  • 1 village in Isumi District
  • 1 village in Kamihabu District
  • 31 villages in Nagara District
  • 11 villages in Yamabe District
• Awa Province
  • 5 villages in Nagasa District
  • 1 village in Asai District

• Mizuno clan (fudai) 1827–1871

• Papinot, E (1910).Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
• Bolitho, Harold. (1974).Treasures among men; the fudai daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• Kodama Kōta 児玉幸多, Kitajima Masamoto 北島正元 (1966).Kantō no shohan 関東の諸藩. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.

• Genealogy of the lords of Tsurumaki

• States and territories established in 1827
• States and territories disestablished in 1871
• Domains of Japan
• 1827 establishments in Japan
• 1871 disestablishments in Japan
• Kazusa Province
• History of Chiba Prefecture

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