History
The domain was headed by a cadet branch of the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto. The Uto Domain (30,000 koku) was created in Higo Province when Hosokawa Tadaoki abdicated, so that Hosokawa Tatsutaka would have a fief to inherit upon his father's death. However, Tatsutaka died the same year, and rights of inheritance were transferred to his first son Hosokawa Yukitaka (1637-1690), so that he and his young siblings would be not be left impoverished. The child Yukitaka thus became the first lord of the newly-created Uto Domain on the death of his father in 1646. He also became head of a cadet branch of the Hosokawa clan.
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