was the 3rd ''
daimyō'' of
Kuroishi Domain in northern
Mutsu Province
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(modern-day
Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was ''
Izumo-no-kami'', and his
Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.
Biography
Tsugaru Tsuguyasu was the 2nd son of
Tsugaru Chikatari
was the 1st ''daimyō'' of Kuroishi Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was '' Kai-no-kami'', and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.
Biography
Tsugaru Chikatar ...
, the 1st ''
daimyō'' of
Kuroishi Domain and was originally named Tsugaru Masatari . He became ''daimyō'' in 1839, when his adoptive elder brother
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 ...
was reassigned to take over the administration of
Hirosaki Domain, changing his name to Tsugaru Tsuguyasu at that time.
Tsuguyasu inherited a domain stabilized by the reforms his brother had begun to implement, and had a stable reign through the difficult the political and agricultural crises of the
Tenpō era. He died in 1851 at a relatively young age. 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.''
External links
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1821 births
1851 deaths
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