Mito (principality)

Mon Tokugawa

The Principality of Mito ( Jap. 水戸藩 Mito-khan ) is a feudal princedom ( khan ) in Japan of the Edo period ( 1602 - 1871 ), in the Hitachi province of the Kanto region on the island of Honshu (modern Ibaraki prefecture).

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Brief History

The administrative center of the principality: Mito Castle (modern city Mito , Ibaraki Prefecture ).

Khan income: 350,000 koku rice.

Mito Khan was ruled by a side branch of the Tokugawa Shogun dynasty, which belonged to Simpan daimyo and had the status of the governor of the province ( Jap. 国 caucus ) . The heads of the principality had the right to be present in the large hall of the shogun’s audience.

Mito Khan was liquidated in 1871 .

The rulers of the principality

No	Name		Years of government	Years of life	Notes
one	Tokugawa (Takeda) Nobuyoshi	信吉	1602 - 1603	1583 - 1603	Fifth Son of Tokugawa Ieyasu
one	Tokugawa Yorinobu	川頼宣	1603 - 1609	1602 - 1671	Tenth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu
one	Tokugawa Jorifusa	川頼房	1609 - 1661	1603 - 1661	The eleventh son of Tokugawa Ieyasu
2	Tokugawa Mitsukuni	川光圀	1661 - 1690	1628 - 1701	The Third Son of Tokugawa Jorifusa
3	Tokugawa Tsunaeda	川綱條	1690 - 1718	1656 - 1718	The second son of Tokugawa Yorisige
four	Tokugawa Munetaka	川宗堯	1718 - 1730	1705 - 1730	Tokugawa's eldest son
five	Tokugawa Munemoto	川宗翰	1730 - 1766	1728 - 1766	The second son of Tokugawa Munetaki
6	Tokugawa Harumoti	川治保	1766 - 1805	1751 - 1805	Tokugawa's eldest son Munemoto
7	Tokugawa Harutoshi	川治紀	1805 - 1816	1773 - 1816	Tokugawa's eldest son Harumoto
eight	Tokugawa Narinobu	川斉脩	1816 - 1829	1797 - 1829	Tokugawa's eldest son Harutoshi
9	Tokugawa Nariaki	川斉昭	1829 - 1844	1800 - 1860	Tokugawa's third son Harutoshi
ten	Tokugawa Yoshiyatsu	川慶篤	1844 - 1868	1832 - 1868	Tokugawa Nariaki's Eldest Son
eleven	Tokugawa Akitake	川昭武	1868 - 1871	1853 - 1910	Tokugawa Nariaki's Eighteenth Son

Literature

Rubel V.A. Yaponska Civіlіzatsіya: Traditions and Sustainability. - Kiev: Akvilon-Pres, 1997.

Links

List of three hundred Khans of the Edo period (j.) .