Tako Domain

 was a minor feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan, located in Shimōsa Province (the northern portion of Chiba Prefecture Japan. It was centered on what is now part of the town of Tako in Katori District. It was ruled for most of its history by the Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) clan.
History.
Tako Domain was originally created for Hoshina Masamitsu in 1590, a retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the Battle of Sekigahara, he was transferred to Takatō Domain, and Tako Domain passed into the "tenryō" territories directly controlled by the Tokugawa shogunate, and administered by "hatamoto," which included members of the Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) clan.
In 1713, Matsudaira Katsuyuki, who administered 8000 "koku" within Katori District, gained an additional 3000 "koku" of revenue in Settsu Province. The combined amount of 12,000 "koku" was enough to qualify him as a "daimyō" and Tako Domain was revived. He was allowed to build a "jin'ya" in what later become the town of Omigawa, Chiba, where his successors continued to rule until the Meiji Restoration.
Holdings at the end of the Edo period.
As with most domains in the han system, Tako Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned "kokudaka", based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.