was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Tōtōmi Province. It was centered on what is now Hamamatsu Castle in what is now the city of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Hamamatsu was the residence of Tokugawa Ieyasu for much of his early career, and Hamamatsu Castle was nicknamed due to Ieyasu's promotion to shōgun. The domain was thus considered a prestigious posting, and was seen as a stepping stone in a daimyōs rise to higher levels with the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, such rōjū or wakadoshiyori.
The domain had a population of 3324 samurai in 776 households at the start of the Meiji period. The domain maintained its primary residence (kamiyashiki) in Edo at Toranomon until the An'ei (1772–1781) period, and at Nihonbashi-Hamacho until the Meiji period
Holdings at the end of the Edo period
As with most domains in the han system, Hamamatsu Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.
Tōtōmi Province
94 villages in Fuchi District
87 villages in Nagakami District
28 villages in Toyoda District
3 villages in Saya District
2 villages in Kitō District
Shimōsa Province
38 villages in Inba District
Harima Province
7 villages in Minō District
19 villages in Katō District
List of daimyōs
See also
List of Han
References
Footnotes
Sources
External links
Hamamatsu on "Edo 300 HTML" (9 Oct. 2007) family crest