was the 2nd ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...

'' of

Aizu Domain was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1601 to 1871.Ravina, Mark. (1998) ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan,'' p. 222 The Aizu Domain was based at Tsuruga Castle in Mutsu Province, the core of the ...

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(modern-day

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). His

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was '' Chikuzen-no-kami'' and ''Jijū'', and his Court rank was Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade.

Biography

Masatsune was the fourth son of

Hoshina Masayuki was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period, who was the founder of what became the Matsudaira house of Aizu. He was an important figure in the politics and philosophy of the early Tokugawa shogunate. Biography Hoshina Masayuki was born ...

and became ''daimyō'' in 1669 on the retirement of his father. He understood the construction of his father's monumental grave at Hanitsu Jinja in

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in 1675. He is also known for reviving the Oyaku-en, a medicinal herbs garden which had been established by the

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during their tenure over Aizu. However, his tenure was a constant struggle against the machinations of his mother, Shoko-in (1620-1691), who wielded a strong influence and promoted less-than-qualfied relatives to various high posts, including that of ''

karō were top-ranking samurai officials and advisors in service to the ''daimyōs'' of feudal Japan. Overview In the Edo period, the policy of ''sankin-kōtai'' (alternate attendance) required each ''daimyō'' to place a ''karō'' in Edo and anoth ...

''. He was married to a daughter of

Maeda Toshitsune was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga and a son of Maeda Toshiie. He was ...

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, but had only one daughter. He adopted his younger brother, Matsudaira Masakata as his heir and died in 1681.

References

"Aizu-han" on ''Edo 300 HTML''
) *Noguchi Shin'ichi (2005). ''Aizu-han''. Tokyo: Gendai shokan. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoshina Masatsune Shinpan daimyo 1647 births 1681 deaths Aizu-Matsudaira clan People of Edo-period Japan

Biography

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