Japanese samurai
Matsudaira Tadamasa
(
松平 忠昌
, 21 January 1598 ? 20 September 1645)
was an early to mid-
Edo period
Japanese
samurai
, and
daimy?
.
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Biography
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Tadamasa was born in
Osaka
as the second son of
Y?ki Hideyasu
.
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His childhood name was Toramatsu (虎松) later become Toranosuke (虎之助). In 1607, he was received in audience by his grandfather,
Tokugawa Ieyasu
and uncle
Tokugawa Hidetada
. Hidetada took a liking to the boy, and ordered that he be raised in the Tokugawa household by
Eish?-in
together with
Tokugawa Yorinobu
. In the same year, he was assigned a fief of 10,000
koku
, and became
daimy?
of Kazusa-Anegasaki Domain.
He was noted for his skill in the
martial arts
, and accompanied Hidetada during the
Siege of Osaka
, where he was frustrated that he would not be allowed to participate in the battle due to his youth. He strongly petitioned Hidetada to perform his
genpuku
ceremony before the start of the Osaka summer campaign, and Hidetada agreed, granting him a
kanji
from his name and
Court rank
of Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade and the
courtesy title
was
Iyo-no-kami
. He subsequently distinguished himself in combat with his prowess with the spear, which later became an heirloom of the Echizen-Matsudaira clan.
As a reward for his actions in battle, he was transferred to
Shimotsuma Domain
in
Hitachi Province
(30,000
koku
) in 1615, but the following year he replaced the disgraced
Matsudaira Tadateru
at
Matsushiro Domain
in
Shinano Province
(120,000
koku
). In 1619 he was transferred again, this time to
Takada Domain
in
Echigo Province
(250,000
koku
). In 1623, he replaced his elder brother
Matsudaira Tadanao
as
daimy?
of
Fukui Domain
(500,000
koku
)
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In 1626 his court rank was raised to Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade. In 1634, he accompanied Sh?gun
Tokugawa Iemitsu
to Kyoto, and Fukui Domain reached its peak
kokudaka
of 505,600
koku
.
In 1637, he was disappointed that no order came to lead his troops during the
Shimabara Rebellion
, so he visited the battle in a private capacity with only twelve retainers. In 1643, he ordered the rebuilding of Mikuni Harbor as the main port of Fukui Domain. He died in 1648 at the domain's residence in
Edo
. On his death, seven of his senior retainers also committed
junshi
. His grave is at the temple of
Eihei-ji
in Fukui.
He had a magnificent
upper residence (
kamiyashiki
)
constructed outside
Edo Castle
.
Family
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- Father:
Yuki Hideyasu
- Mother: Seiry?-in, daughter Nakagawa Kazushige
- Wives:
- Concubines:
- K?sh?-in (Uragami dono)
- Shiraishi dono
- Children:
References
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- Papinot, Edmond
. (1948).
Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan
. New York: Overbeck Co.
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