was the 8th ''
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
Mutsu Province
was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture.
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
Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...
). His
courtesy title was ''
Sakonoe-gon-chūshō'' and ''Jijū'', and his
Court rank was Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade.
Biography
Matsudaira Katataka was born to
Matsudaira Yoshikazu, the ''daimyō'' of
Takasu Domain
The was a Japanese domain located in Mino Province (present-day Kaizu, Gifu). For most of its history, it was ruled by the Takasu-Matsudaira, a branch of the Tokugawa clan of Owari Domain.
Matsudaira Katamori, Matsudaira Sadaaki, Tokugawa Yoshik ...
, in
Mino Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today southern Gifu Prefecture. Mino was bordered by Ōmi to the west, Echizen and Hida to the north, and Shinano to the east, and Ise, Mikawa, and Owari to the south. Its abbreviat ...
, and was the grandson of
Tokugawa Harumori
Tokugawa may refer to:
* Tokugawa era, an alternative term for the Edo period, 1603 to 1868
*Tokugawa shogunate, a feudal regime of Japan during the Edo period
**Tokugawa clan, a powerful family of Japan
***Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), most not ...
of
Mito Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Hitachi Province in modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture.[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 ...](_blank)
without heir following so soon after
Matsudaira Kataoki, the domain was in danger of
attainder
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. To prevent this, the ''
rōjū
The , usually translated as ''Elder'', was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The term refers either to individual Elders, or to the Council of Elders as a whole; under the first two ''shō ...
'' of the domain renamed Keizaburō as "Katataka" and passed him off to the Shogunal authorities as a posthumous son of Matsudaira Kataoki, and thus a younger brother to Katahiro. The ruse worked, and he officially became ''daimyō'' in 1822 with the courtesy title of ''Higo-no-kami''. This was changed to ''Sakonoe-gon-shōshō'' in 1825 and to ''Sakonoe-gon-chūshō'' in 1827.
He was wed to a daughter of
Satake Yoshimasa Satake may refer to:
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*Satake Corporation, a multinational agricultural equipment maker based in Hiroshima, Japan
*Asteroid 8194 Satake
*Ichirō Satake (1927–2014), Japanese ...
of
Kubota Domain
was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Dewa Province (modern-day Akita Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Kubota Castle in what is now the city of Akita and was thus also known as the . It was governed for the whole of its his ...
, and re-wed after her death to a daughter of
Maeda Narinaga
was an Edo period Japanese people, Japanese samurai, and the 11th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 12th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan.
Narinaga was born in Kanazawa as Kamemachi (亀万 ...
of
Kaga Domain, but he had only three daughters and no male heir.
Though Matsudaira Katataka was praised by
Ii Naosuke
was ''daimyō'' of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858, until his death, assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident on March 24, 1860. He is most famous for signing the ...
as a loyal servant of the
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 ...
, his fame was to be ultimately eclipsed by his adopted son
Matsudaira Katamori
Matsudaira Katamori after the Meiji restoration
was a samurai who lived in Bakumatsu period and the early to mid Meiji period Japan. He was the 9th ''daimyō'' of the Aizu Domain and the Kyoto Shugoshoku (Military Commissioner of Kyoto). He i ...
(the son of his birth brother
Matsudaira Yoshitatsu
The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of t ...
).
See also
*
Hoshina clan
The is a Japanese clan which claims descent from Emperor Seiwa, and is a branch of the Minamoto clan. They were famous for their role as retainers of the Takeda clan in the 16th century. In the Edo period, the clan produced two ''daimyō'' familie ...
References
"Aizu-han" on ''Edo 300 HTML'')
*Noguchi Shin'ichi (2005). ''Aizu-han''. Tokyo: Gendai shokan.
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1806 births
1852 deaths
Aizu-Matsudaira clan
Mito-Tokugawa family
Owarirenshi-Matsudaira clan
Shinpan daimyo
People of Edo-period Japan