Most of the
Atsumi Peninsula was controlled by the
Toda clan during the
Muromachi and
Sengoku periods. The Toda pledged loyalty to the
Imagawa clan, but later came under the rule of the
Tokugawa clan. Following the
Battle of Odawara in 1590,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi assigned the
Kantō region to
Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Toda were dispossessed of their holdings, which were given to Hideyoshi's vassal,
Ikeda Terumasa. The Toda accompanied Ieyasu to
Edo and were reduced in status to
hatamoto with a minor 5000
koku holding in
Shimoda in
Izu Province. Following the establishment of the
Tokugawa shogunate,
Toda Katatsugu was raised in status to 10,000
koku daimyō, and allowed to return to
Tahara Castle, which was now the center of the newly created Tahara
feudal domain in 1601. In 1664, his son
Toda Tadamasa, was transferred to
Amakusa Domain in
Bungo Province with an increase in revenues to 21,000
koku and Tahara Domain was reassigned to the
Miyake clan, who remained in residence until the
Meiji Restoration. The domain had a population of 20,343 people in 4314 households per a 1696 census. The domain maintained its primary residence (
kamiyashiki) in
Edo at Hanzonmon. At the end of the Edo period, its holdings consisted of 34 villages in Atsumi District, Mikawa Province. Although only a minor domain in terms of revenue, Tahara Domain had the distinction of being allowed a full
castle, unlike most domains of similar size, which were allowed only a ''
jin'ya'', or fortified residence. Tahara Domain was noted for its domain academy and scholarship, and produced noted scholars such as
Watanabe Kazan. After the
abolition of the han system in July 1871, Tahara Domain became “Tahara Prefecture”, which merged with the short lived
Nukata Prefecture in November 1871, which later became part of Aichi Prefecture. ==List of daimyō==