was the 1st ''
daimyō'' of
Kuroishi Domain in northern
Mutsu Province
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(modern-day
Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was ''
Kai-no-kami'', and his
Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.
Biography
Tsugaru Chikatari was the fourth son of
Kuroda Naoyuki, ''daimyō'' of
Kururi Domain in
Kazusa Province, (part of present-day
Chiba Prefecture) and was born in that domain's
Edo
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residence. In 1805, he was adopted as the posthumous heir of Tsugaru Tsunetoshi (1789–1805), the 7th Lord of Kuroishi, a 4000 ''
koku
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'' ''
hatamoto'' dependency of
Hirosaki Domain. However, in April 1809, the
Tokugawa shogunate raised the status of Kuroishi to a full
''han'' as part of its agreement with
Tsugaru Yasuchika over dispatch of troops to guard the
Ezo frontier, and Chikatari saw his revenues increase by an additional 6000 ''koku'', and allowing him to join the ranks of the ''daimyō''.
In 1825, he retired, turning administration of the domain to his adopted son,
Tsugaru Yukitsugu
was the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Kuroishi Domain, and later the 11th ''daimyō'' of Hirosaki Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was '' Ōsumi-no-kami'', and his Court rank was Junior ...
. He died in 1849 at the clan's residence in
Edo
Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
. His grave is at the clan temple of Shinryō-in (a subsidiary of
Kan'ei-ji) in
Taitō-ku,
Tokyo.
See also
*
Tsugaru clan
References
*Koyasu Nobushige (1880). ''Buke kazoku meiyoden'' 武家家族名誉伝 Volume 1. Tokyo: Koyasu Nobushige. (Accessed fro
National Diet Library 17 July 2008)
* Kurotaki, Jūjirō (1984). ''Tsugaru-han no hanzai to keibatsu'' 津軽藩の犯罪と刑罰. Hirosaki: Hoppō shinsha.
* Narita, Suegorō (1975). ''Tsugaru Tamenobu: shidan'' 津軽為信: 史談. Aomori: Tōō Nippōsha.
* Tsugaru Tsuguakira Kō Den kankōkai (1976). ''Tsugaru Tsuguakira kō-den'' 津輕承昭公傳. Tokyo: Rekishi Toshosha
* ''The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.''
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Tozama daimyo
Tsugaru clan
Kuroda clan
1788 births
1849 deaths
People of Edo-period Japan
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