Shiiya Domain
# Shiiya Domain

Shiiya Domain (椎谷藩, Shiiya-han) was a fudai feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in Echigo Province, in the Hokuriku region of Honshū. The domain was centered at Shiiya Jin'ya, located on the coast of what is now part of the city of Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture.

## History

For his role in the Siege of Osaka, Hori Naoyuki, the 4th son of the famous general Hori Naomasa, was granted 5,500 koku holding in Echigo Province July 1616. He built a jin'ya in Shiiya to administer his new domain. Naoyuki's son Hori Naokage, served as Edo bugyō and Jisha-bugyō in the shogunal administration, and for which he was awarded additional holdings with a kokudaka of 9,500 koku, to which he added an additional 2,000 koku of newly developed rice lands. This enabled him to qualify for the status of daimyō. He established his seat in Kazusa Province at Kazusa-Kariya Domain (1642-1668) in what is now part of the city of Isumi, Chiba. His son, Hori Naoyoshi, moved to Kazusa-Hachiman Domain (1668-1698) in what is now part of Ichihara, Chiba. Tori Naoyoshi's son Hori Naosada then moved the clan's seat to the original jin'ya in Echigo Province in 1698, which marked the official start of Shiiya Domain. The clan headquarters remained at Shiiya until the Meiji restoration; however, the daimyō remained in permanent residence in Edo and managed the domain as absentee landlords.

During the period of the 8th daimyō, Hori Akitomo, fiscal reforms were implemented; however, Akitomo was of weak constitution and was unable to see the reforms through. The domain was also hit hard by the Great Tenmei famine, which resulted in considerable peasant unrest.

During the Boshin War, the domain was a battleground in Battle of Hokuetsu. In July 1871, with the abolition of the han system, Shiiya Domain briefly became Shiiya Prefecture, and was merged into the newly created Niigata Prefecture. Under the new Meiji government, Hori Yukiyoshi, the final daimyō of Shiiya Domain was given the kazoku peerage title of danshaku (baron).

## Bakumatsu period holdings

As with most domains in the han system, Shiiya Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.

* Echigo Province
   * 21 villages in Kariwa District
* Shinano Province
   * 2 villages in Minochi District
   * 7 villages in Takai District

## List of daimyō

| # | Name | Tenure | Courtesy title | Court Rank | kokudaka | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hori clan (fudai) 1689-1871 |||||||
| 1 | Hori Naokage (堀直景) | 1642-1668 | ''Shikibu-no-sho (式部少輔) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | Kazusa-Kariya Domain |
| 2 | Hori Naoyoshi (堀直良) | 1668-1668 | Hida-no-kami (飛騨守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| # | Name | Tenure | Courtesy title | Court Rank | kokudaka | Notes |
| Hori clan (fudai) 1689-1871 |||||||
| 1 | Hori Naoyoshi (堀直良) | 1668-1691 | Hida-no-kami (飛騨守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | Kazusa-Hachiman Domain |
| 2 | Hori Naosada (堀直宥) | 1691-1698 | Shikibu-no-sho (式部少輔) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| # | Name | Tenure | Courtesy title | Court Rank | kokudaka | Notes |
| Hori clan (fudai) 1689-1871 |||||||
| 1 | Hori Naosada (堀直宥) | 1698-1711 | Shikibu-no-sho (式部少輔) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | Shiiya Domain |
| 2 | Hori Naonaka (堀直央) | 1711-1720 | Hida-no-kami (飛騨守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 3 | Hori Naotsune (堀直恒) | 1720-1730 | Tōtōmi-no-kami (遠江守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 4 | Hori Naohisa (堀直旧) | 1730-1748 | Izumo-no-kami (出雲守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 5 | Hori Naoyoshi (堀直喜) | 1748-1751 | Hida-no-kami (飛騨守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 6 | Hori Naoaki (堀直著) | 1751-1768 | Daizen-no-suke (大膳亮) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 7 | Hori Naonobu (堀直宣) | 1768-1781 | Bizen-no-kami (備前守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 8 | Hori Asatomo (堀著朝) | 1781-1792 | Shikibu-no-sho (式部少輔) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 9 | Hori Naonori (堀直起) | 1792-1807 | Ōmi-no-kami (近江守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 10 | Hori Naoharu (堀直温) | 1808-1812 | Chikugo-no-kami (筑後守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 11 | Hori Naochika (堀直哉) | 1812-1830 | Ōmi-no-kami (近江守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 12 | Hori Naotoshi (堀之敏) | 1830-1862 | Izumo-no-kami (出雲守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
| 13 | Hori Naoyoshi (堀之美) | 1863-1871 | Ukyō-no-suke (右京亮) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 10,000 koku | |
