But since Masanao gave 3,110 koku out of his fief to his younger brother Morikatsu HASEGAWA, the Hasegawa clan became a hatamoto (a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate) and the Hasegawa Domain was abolished.
しかし正尚は弟の長谷川守勝に3110石ほどを分与したため、長谷川氏は旗本となり、美濃長谷川藩は廃藩となったのである。