was the 6th ''
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 ...
in southern
Mutsu Province
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Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the comb ...
,
Japan
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(modern-day
Fukushima Prefecture
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).
Biography
Matsudaira Kataoki was the eldest son of Matsudaira Katasada, the ninth son of
Matsudaira Masakata, 3rd ''daimyō'' of Aizu Domain. In 1789, he received the courtesy titles of "Jijū" and "Wakasa-no-kami": however, the 5th ''daimyō'' of Aizu,
Matsudaira Katanobu, died before formal adoption procedures were completed, and Kataoki was thus a posthumous adoption. He shows signs of continuing the fiscal reform policies of Matsudaira Katanobu, but died less than 5 months after assuming office.
His wife was a daughter of
Ii Naohide of
Hikone Domain
was a '' fudai'' feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in eastern Ōmi Province, in the Kansai region of central Honshu. The domain was centered at Hikone Castle, located in what is now the city of ...
; however his second son and heir,
Matsudaira Katahiro
was the 7th ''daimyō'' of Aizu Domain in Mutsu Province, Japan (modern-day Fukushima Prefecture). His courtesy title was ''Higo-no-kami'' and ''Jijū'', and subsequently raised to '' Sakonoe-gon-shōshō'' and his Court rank was Junior Fo ...
, was born to a concubine of the Ishikawa clan.
References
* ''The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.''
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Shinpan daimyo
Aizu-Matsudaira clan
1779 births
1806 deaths