 Sabae Domain

In 1721, the "daimyō" of Murakami Domain in Echigo Province, Manabe Akitoki was transferred to a newly created fief with a "kokudaka" of 50,000 "koku" centered in Sabae.Akitoki's elder brother was a "sōbayonin" to Shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu, with great influence over the shōgun, and his successor Tokugawa Ietsugu.