 Tatebayashi Domain

Following the Battle of Odawara in 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi assigned the Kantō region to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who confirmed Sakakibara Yasumasa , one of this Four Generals as daimyō of Tatebayashi, with revenues of 100,000 "koku".Yasumasa built Tatebayashi Castle and the surrounding castle town, as well as constructing waterworks protecting the new town from flooding.