Ietoshi UEMURA, the eighth lord of the domain, committed suicide by drowning with a prostitute, which would have led to the forfeiture of the domain if revealed, but a Rusuiyaku (a person representing the master during his absence) at the Edo residence hid the truth and reported that he died by disease, so the domain was able to avoid being forfeited and continued to exist.
第8代藩主・植村家利が遊女と入水心中事件を起こし、露見すれば改易となるところ、江戸屋敷の留守居役が情報を抑えて病死として届けたため、無事藩は改易を免れて存続した。