Nagakazu ICHIHASHI who was the last lord of the domain made efforts in the manufacturing of gunpowder and recommendation of military for the purpose of national defense during unquiet days at the end of the Edo period.
幕末期、最後の藩主であった市橋長和は幕末の動乱の中で国防のために火薬の製造、武芸奨励などに尽力した。