Japanese feudal domain located in Harima Province
 was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southwestern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around the Hayashida "jin'ya" which was located in what is now the city of Himeji, Hyōgo and was controlled by the "tozama daimyō" Takebe clan throughout all of its history. 
History.
Takebe Mitsushige was the 700 "koku" Amagasaki "gundai" under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and was married to an adopted daughter of Ikeda Terumasa. Their son, Takebe Masanaga, fought at the side of Ikeda Terumasa's sons at the Siege of Osaka from 1614-1615, and was rewarded by being made "daimyō" of Amagasaki Domain, an honor which he unusually shared with Ikeda Shigetoshi, with each having a "kokudaka" of 10,000 "koku". This proved to be unwieldy, and when the Ikeda clan was transferred to Himeji Domain, Takebe Masanaga moved a slightly distance away to form Hayashida Domain in 1617. Although a "tozama" clan, the Takebe ruled the domain unbroken to the Meiji restoration. The 3rd "daimyō", Takabe Masanori, served as "Ōbangashira" , "Fushimi-bugyō" and as "Jisha-bugyō" in the shogunal administration. The 7th "daimyō", Takabe Masakata, established a Han school in 1794 and the 9th "daimyō", Takebe Masanori, also served as "Ōbangashira" and castellan of Nijō Castle in Kyoto. The final "daimyō", Takebe Masayo, served in the guard of Prince Kachō Hirotsune in 1868 and supported the Meiji government in the Boshin War. The clan was ennobled with the "kazoku" peerage title of "shishaku" (viscount). 
The lecture hall of the han school survives, and is a Himeji City Important Cultural Property.
Holdings at the end of the Edo period.
As with most domains in the han system, Hayashida Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned "kokudaka", based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. 
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