Naegi Domain

The 12th daimyō, Tōyama Tomoyoshi, served as wakadoshiyori for two terms during the Bakumatsu period and led the domain’s forces in the Second Chōshū expedition.When Naegi Castle was pulled down by order of the new government, its furnishing and timber were all sold as part of the effort the repay this debt.The stipend received from the government as compensation for relinquishing the domain also went towards debt repayment, and many samurai were forced to abandon their social status in order to take up money-making trades.By August 1871, at the time of the abolition of the han system, the debt had been reduced to 52,600 gold and 5000 paper ryō.This created great discontent, and the State Councilor responsible, Aoyama Naomichi, faced several assassination attempts, the last of which was in 1891.
Ruins of Naegi Castle
DomainNaegi CastleGifu Prefecturefeudal domainEdo periodMino ProvinceHonshūNakatsugawaTokugawa shogunateKamakura periodOda NobunagaMōri clanHamamatsuTokugawa IeyasuBattle of SekigaharaIshida MitsunariSiege of Osaka paper currencydaimyōTōyama TomoyoshiwakadoshiyoriBakumatsu periodSecond Chōshū expeditionMeiji restorationabolition of the han systemhan systemkokudakacadastralKamo DistrictList of HanMass, Jeffrey P.DomainsChūbuNumazuSuruga-FuchūTanakaSagaraKakegawaYokosukaMikawa-YoshidaTaharaOkazakiNishi-ŌhiraKoromoKariyaNishioInuyamaIwamuraTakatomiŌgakiTakasuJapanese domains