Ōgaki Domain


The Ōgaki Domain was a Japanese domain during the Edo period, located in Mino Province.

History

Historically, the Ōgaki area had been a highly important point of transit from Mino Province to Ōmi Province; it was vital to Saitō Dōsan and later to Oda Nobunaga. In the Edo period, the domain changed hands several times before it was given to the Toda clan, who held it until the Meiji Restoration.
, extending an invitation for Italian naval attaché Ernesto Burzagli to come to a reception attended by Emperor Meiji at the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War.
The Ōgaki Domain took part in the Boshin War, first on the side of the Shogunate, and then as one of the components of the imperial army which was at the forefront of the offensive against Aizu and the northern domains.
In the Meiji period, the Toda family of Ōgaki received the rank of viscount in the new kazoku nobility.

List of lords

;Ishikawa clan
  1. Ishikawa Yasumichi
  2. Ishikawa Ienari
  3. Ishikawa Tadafusa
;Matsudaira clan
  1. Matsudaira Tadayoshi
  2. Matsudaira Norinaga
;Abe clan
  1. Abe Nagamori
  2. Abe Nobukatsu
;Matsudaira clan
  1. Matsudaira Sadatsuna
;Toda clan
  1. Toda Ujikane
  2. Toda Ujinobu
  3. Toda Ujiaki
  4. Toda Ujisada
  5. Toda Ujinaga
  6. Toda Ujihide
  7. Toda Ujinori
  8. Toda Ujikane
  9. Toda Ujimasa
  10. Toda Ujiakira
  11. Toda Ujitaka
  12. Toda Ujihide

    In fiction

The Ōgaki domain is the setting for Yamamoto Shūgorō's novel Hanamushiro.