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Hotta Masayasu (Viscount)
Viscount was the 9th and final ''daimyō'' of Ōmi-Miyagawa Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate, and served as a politician and cabinet minister in the post-Meiji Restoration Empire of Japan. Biography Hotta Masayasu was born as the 9th son of Iwaki Takahiro, the ''daimyō'' of Kameda Domain in Dewa Province. He was married to a daughter of Hotta Masami, the ''daimyō'' of Ōmi-Miyagawa Domain and upon Hotta Masami's death, he was posthumously adopted on 4 July 1863 to carry on the Hotta family name as ''daimyō'' of the 13,000 ''koku'' domain. He was received in formal audience by ''Shōgun'' Tokugawa Iemochi on 21 July, and was given the courtesy title of ''Buzen-no-kami'' and lower 5th court rank on 26 November. In July 1864, he was assigned the post of ''Osaka Kaban''. Following the Boshin War on 16 February 1868, the new Meiji government abolished Miyagawa Domain and assigned its territory to neighboring Hikone Domain and temporarily placed him under house arrest. Howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial position, and did not develop into a hereditary title until much later. In the case of French viscounts, it is customary to leave the title untranslated as vicomte . Etymology The word ''viscount'' comes from Old French (Modern French: ), itself from Medieval Latin , accusative of , from Late Latin "deputy" + Latin (originally "companion"; later Roman imperial courtier or trusted appointee, ultimately count). History During the Carolingian Empire, the kings appointed counts to administer provinces and other smaller regions, as governors and military commanders. Viscounts were appointed to assist the counts in their running of the province, and often took on judicial responsibility. The kings strictly prevented the offices of their coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
