▁city ▁of ▁Kas ama , ▁I bar aki . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁ruled ▁by ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁cl ans ▁during ▁its ▁early ▁history , ▁before ▁sett ling ▁under ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁a ▁junior ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Mak ino ▁cl an ▁from ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁E do ▁period ▁on ward . ▁ ▁History ▁Kas ama ▁Castle ▁was ▁originally ▁the ▁strong hold ▁of ▁the ▁Kas ama ▁cl an , ▁who ▁ruled ▁the ▁region ▁since ▁the ▁Kam ak ura ▁period . ▁However , ▁the ▁Kas ama ▁were ▁destroyed ▁by ▁Toy ot omi ▁H ide y oshi ▁for ▁supporting ▁the ▁O da w ara ▁H ō j ō , ▁and ▁their ▁lands ▁were ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁U ts un omi ya ▁cl an , ▁and ▁subsequently ▁to ▁G amo ▁H ide y uki ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 8 . ▁Following ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Se k ig ah ara , ▁M ats ud ai ra ▁Y as ush ige ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁k oku ▁from ▁his ▁previous ▁holding ▁of ▁K is ai ▁Domain ▁and ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁newly ▁created ▁Kas ama ▁D oman ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 1 . ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁transferred ▁on ▁to ▁Sh ino y ama ▁Domain ▁in ▁Tamb a ▁Province ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁later ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 8 . ▁He ▁was ▁replaced ▁at ▁Kas ama ▁by ▁Og as aw ara ▁Y osh its ug u , ▁who ▁was ▁then ▁rel ieved ▁of ▁the ▁domain ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁year ▁later ▁due ▁to