Although, it was a small domain with the crop yields of 10,000 koku, the lords of the Yagyu clan always carried weight as an instructor of swordplay in the Shogun family for generations.
石高1万石程度の小藩であったが、藩主の柳生氏は代々将軍家の剣術指南役として幕閣に重きをなした。