was a ''
daimyō'' of
Odawara Domain in
Sagami Province (modern-day
Kanagawa Prefecture) in early-
Edo period Japan. His courtesy title was ''
Mino no Kami''.
Biography
Inaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara,
Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother,
Kasuga no Tsubone
was a Japanese noble lady and politician from a prominent Japanese samurai family of the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. Born Saitō Fuku (斉藤福), she was a daughter of Saitō Toshimitsu (who was a retainer of Akechi Mitsuhide). She was t ...
, the
wet nurse to ''
shōgun''
Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the
Inaba clan, and inherited his father's position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the
Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed ''
Rōjū'' under Shogun
Tokugawa Ietsuna on December 8, 1681. On May 27, 1683, he retired from public life, turning his domain over to his son,
Inaba Masamichi.
References
*
Papinot, Edmond. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon''. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaish
..Click link for digitized 1906 ''Nobiliaire du japon'' (2003)*
Sadler, A. L. (2009). ''The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu''. Olympia Press. .
Masanori
1623 births
1696 deaths
Fudai daimyo
Rōjū
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