Mikawa Province is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi provinces. Even today, Mikawa is used to refer to the eastern portion of Aichi, including such cities as Toyohashi, Okazaki, Hekinan and Toyota. Mikawa was the original fief of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu before he gained control of Kantō. Okazaki was the principal castle town of Mikawa, although Yoshida Castle, near Toyohashi, was also a major fief at times. Mikawa is famous in Japan for its fireworks, manufacturing most of Japan's fireworks. In order to maintain security, Mikawa was the only area permitted by the shogun to produce gunpowder, which led to the fireworks industry. The annual Okazaki fireworks are some of the best in Japan. During the Edo period, the following domains were located in Mikawa: *Koromo, ruled by the Naitō clan. *Yoshida, ruled by the Matsudaira (Ōkōchi) clan. *Tawara, ruled by the Miyake clan. *Hatagamura, ruled by the Toda clan. *Nishi-Ōhira, ruled by the Ōoka clan. *Okazaki, ruled by the Honda clan. *Nishio, ruled by the Matsudaira (Ogyū) clan. *Kariya, ruled by the Doi clan. *Okutono, ruled by the Matsudaira (Ogyū) clan. (more)
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Matsudaira clan:
The Matsudaira clan is a Japanese clan that originated in and took its name from Matsudaira county, in the old Mikawa province. It is known for being the clan into which Tokugawa Ieyasu was born. Before taking the Tokugawa surname, he was known as Ma
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Yoshida Domain:
The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Mikawa Province (modern-day Toyohashi, Aichi). It was ruled by a number of different fudai families over the course of the Edo period, before finally passing into the hands of the Matsudaira (
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Nishio Domain:
The Nishio Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Mikawa Province (modern-day Nishio, Aichi).
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Okutono Domain:
Okutono, also known as Ogyū-han and later, Tatsuoka-han, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, with holdings scattered between Mikawa Province and Shinano Province. The ruling family was the Ogyū-Matsudaira. Late in the Edo period, the domain achi
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Okazaki Domain:
Okazaki Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Mikawa Province (modern-day Okazaki city). Its seat of government was Okazaki Castle, the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Okazaki was always ruled by a fudai daimyo.
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Koromo Domain:
The Koromo Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Mikawa Province. It changed hands many times, but was always under the rule of a fudai daimyo. Two of the Naitō clan daimyo, Masanari and Masahiro, were adopted into the family; th
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Shinano Province:
Shinano Province is an old province of Japan that is now present day Nagano Prefecture. Its abbreviation is Shinshū (信州). Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchu, Hida, Kai, Kozuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi provinces. The ancient capital w
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Owari Province:
Owari was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture. Its abbreviation is Bishū (尾州). The ancient capital of Owari was near Inazawa in the western part of the province. Two of the most famous warlords of Jap
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Mino Province:
Mino Province, one of the old provinces of Japan, was composed of nearly the entire southern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture. Mino Province bordered Echizen, Hida, Ise, Mikawa, Ōmi, Owari, and Shinano provinces. Although the ancient provincial cap
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Honda clan:
The Honda clan is a Japanese family claiming descent from the medieval court noble Fujiwara no Kanemichi. The family settled in Mikawa and served the Matsudaira clan as retainers; later, when the main Matsudaira family became the Tokugawa clan, the H
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Nishi-Ōhira Domain:
The Nishi-Ōhira Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. Located in Mikawa Province, its first lord was Ōoka Tadasuke, the famous Kyoho era magistrate who served under the eighth Tokugawa shogun, Yoshimune. The Ōoka family ruled the domain, ra
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Miyake clan:
The Miyake clan was a Japanese clan which claimed descent from the famed Kamakura era warrior Kojima Takanori, evidently established by one of his sons during the 14th century. At the start of the Sengoku Period, the Miyake were enemies to the neighb
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Tokugawa Ieyasu:
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appointment as shogun in 1603, abdicated
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