 The Hisamatsu continued to rule Kuwana until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.Matsudaira Sadaaki, the next-to-last daimyō of Kuwana served as the last "Kyoto shoshidai" and supported his brother, Matsudaira Katamori, daimyō of Aizu Domain.He fought in the Boshin War, finally surrendering to the Meiji government after the fall of the Republic of Ezo.The final daimyō of Kuwana, Matsudaira Sadanori, was still a child during the Boshin War.