was the 15th ''

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 Fukui Domain under the

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Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

Echizen Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form ...

.Burks, Ardath W. (1985)
''The Modernizers: overseas students, foreign employees, and Meiji Japan'', p. 47
Narisawa was born in Edo as the 22nd son of

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Tokugawa Ienari Tokugawa Ienari ( ja, 徳川家斉, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837.Hall, John Whitney ''et al.'' (1991) ''Early Modern J ...

. His mother was a concubine, Ohachi no Kata (later known as Honrin'in; d. 1850). His childhood name was Taminosuke (民之助) or Sensaburō (千三郎) In 1835, when

Matsudaira Naritsugu was the 14th ''daimyō'' of Fukui Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate in Echizen Province.Burks, Ardath W. (1985) ''The Modernizers: overseas students, foreign employees, and Meiji Japan'', p. 47 Naritsugu was born in Fukui as the ...

(who was his brother-in-law from his sister, Asahime) died without an heir, he was chosen by the shogunate to become ''daimyō'' of Fukui Domain. At that time, his court rank was raised from Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade to Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade and he was granted the

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of ''Echizen-no-kami''. This was raised to ''Sakon'e-no-chūjō'' in 1837. He had poor health since childhood. He departed Edo for his domain in June 1838, but died shortly after reaching Fukui in September of the same year. Under most circumstances, this would have been cause for

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of the domain; however, through the quick intervention of Asahime, a cousin (

Matsudaira Shungaku , also known as Matsudaira Keiei,Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 335. or better known as Matsudaira Shungaku (春嶽) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period. He was head of the ...

) was chosen as his posthumous successor, and the official date of Narisawa's death was changed to show that a successor had been appointed before he died. During the short period that he was ''daimyō'', Narisawa had no impact on domain affairs. The domain made an official petition to have its ''

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'' raised in 1835 due to financial difficulties and its 900,000 ''

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'' debt, but this petition was refused. In 1837, the domain's Edo residence burned down, and was 20,000 ''ryō'' loan was obtained from the shogunate for its reconstruction. The same year, a crop failure in Fukui resulted in another 10,000 ''ryō'' loan, and a further 20,000 ''ryō'' was extended the following year for Asahime's retirement residence.

External links

"Fukui" at Edo 300
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越前松平氏 (Echizen Matsudaira) at ReichsArchiv.jp

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matsdaira Narisawa 1820 births 1838 deaths Shinpan daimyo Fukui-Matsudaira clan Tokugawa clan People of Edo-period Japan