Arima Kiyozumi was an
Edo period daimyō. He was the eldest son of Arima Yasuzumi, the 2nd
daimyō of
Nobeoka Domain. His wife was a daughter of Okabe Yukitaka of
Kishiwada Domain. In 1679, on the retirement of his father, he became
daimyō of Nobeoka. In 1690, his domain suffered from a large-scale peasant uprising which he had difficulty in suppressing, and in 1692 he was demoted to
Itoigawa Domain in
Echigo Province, which had an equal
kokudaka of 50,000
koku but was not classed as a “castle-holding” domain. In 1695 he was transferred to Maruoka, again with the same 50,000
kokudaka, which restored his status as castellan. He died in 1702.
Arima Kazunori was the 2nd
daimyō of Maruoka Domain. He was born in Maruoka Castle as the eldest son of Arima Kiyozumi and became
daimyō in 1703 on the death of his father. His childhood name was Daikichi (大吉), and his name as
daimyō was initially
Arima Masazumi (真純), which he later changed to
Sumihisa (純寿) and then to
Hisazumi (寿純). He only took the name of Kazunori after this retirement. His courtesy title was
Saemon-no-suke, and his court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. His wife was the adopted daughter of Akimoto Takatomo of
Kawagoe Domain. In 1711, he managed to change the status of the Arima clan from that of
tozama to
fudai daimyō. However, during his tenure the domain suffered greatly from crop failures in 1706, 1721and 1723, which led to a large-scale peasant's revolt in 1724. His efforts to reform the domain's finances through issue of silver certificates and increasing loans had only mixed results. In 1733, he retired in favour of his son. He died in 1757.
Arima Takazumi was the 3rd
daimyō of Maruoka Domain. He was born in Maruoka Castle as the eldest son of Arima Kazunori and became
daimyō in 1733 on the retirement of his father. His courtesy title was
Hyūga-no-kami, and his court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. His wife was the adopted daughter of Inaba Masatomo of
Yodo Domain. He continued his father's economic recovery policies, which were greatly assisted by the opening of a copper mine in his domain in 1735. He died a few months before his father at Maruoka Castle.
Arima Masazumi was the 4th
daimyō of Maruoka Domain. He was born at the clan's
Edo residence as the eighth son of Arima Takazumi, and was made heir as all of his elder brothers had been born to concubines. He became
daimyō in 1757 on the death of his father. His courtesy title was
Saemon-no-suke, and his court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. His wife was the granddaughter of Matsudara Sadasato of
Imabari Domain. He attempted to implement land reforms in his domain, but died in 1772 at the age of 26.
Arima Shigezumi was the 5th
daimyō of Maruoka Domain. He was eldest son of Arima Masazumi, and became
daimyō in 1772 on the death of his father. His courtesy title was
Saemon-no-suke, and his court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. His wife was the daughter of Inaba Masahiro of
Yodo Domain. He was received in formal audience by Shōgun
Tokugawa Ieharu in 1782. In 1778, he domain suffered from a widespread peasant's revolt, to which he responded by implementing land reform and tax reform measures begun by his father. In 1791 he was appointed a
sōshaban and 1810 he was appointed
jisha-bugyō. He rose to the post of
wakadoshiyori in 1812. He established a
han school within the domain in 1804. He resigned as
wakadoshiyori in 1819, citing ill health, but continued as
daimyō until 1830. he died in 1836.
Arima Norizumi was the 6th
daimyō of Maruoka Domain. He was fourth son of Yanagihara Masaatsu of
Takada Domain, and was adopted as heir to Arima Shigezumi in 1820 and was received in formal audience by Shogun
Tokugawa Ienari the same year. He became
daimyō in 1830 on the retirement of his stepfather. His courtesy title was
Saemon-no-suke, and his court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. His wife was the fourth daughter of Arima Shigezumi. He died in 1837.
Arima Harusumi was the 7th
daimyō of Maruoka Domain. He was a grandson of Arima Shigezumi, and was adopted as heir to Arima Norizumi in 1836, becoming
daimyō a year later on Norizumi's death. He was received in formal audience by Shōgun
Tokugawa Ieyoshi in 1841. His courtesy title was
Hyūga-no-kami, and his court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. His wife was the daughter of Arima Norizumi. He was ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate to construct the
Maruyama Domain Battery against possible incursions by
foreign vessels in 1852. In died in 1855 at the age of 27.
Arima Michizumi was the 8th (and final)
daimyō of Maruoka Domain. He was the third son of Honda Tadachika of
Yamasaki Domain. His grandfather, Honda Tadayoshi was the younger son of Arima Takazumi and had been adopted in the
Honda clan. As Arima Harusumi only had daughters, he was adopted as heir and became
daimyō in 1855. In 1862 he was appointed
jisha-bugyō and became a
wakadoshiyori in 1863 and rose to the office of
rōjū the same year. In 1868, he pledged fealty to the new
Meiji government and served as Imperial Governor of Maruyama until the
abolition of the han system in 1871. He became a
viscount (
shishaku) in the
kazoku peerage system. He died in 1903 and his grave is at
Yanaka Cemetery. ==References==