was the 2nd ''
daimyō'' of
Kuroishi Domain, and later the 11th ''daimyō'' of
Hirosaki Domain in northern
Mutsu Province
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Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the comb ...
,
Honshū
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, Japan (modern-day
Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was ''
Ōsumi-no-kami'', and his
Court rank was Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade.
Biography
Tsugaru Yukitsugu was born as Matsudaira Yukinori, the 5th son of
Matsudaira Nobuakira
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 ...
, the ''
daimyō'' of
Yoshida Domain
was a Japanese feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Mikawa Province located in eastern Mikawa Province (modern-day eastern Aichi Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Yoshida Castle in what is now the cit ...
in
Mikawa Province. He was adopted on June 5, 1821, as the heir to
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 ''daimyō'' of
Kuroishi Domain. On his adoptive father’s retirement, as Tsugaru Yukinori, he became the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Kuroishi Domain from 1825 to 1839. He was known as an intelligent ruler, and worked for the restoration of the domain's finances during the political and agricultural crisis of the
Tenpō era. After the
Tokugawa shogunate forced
Tsugaru Nobuyuki
was the 10th ''daimyō'' of Hirosaki Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was '' Dewa-no-kami'', to which was later added title ''Jujū'', and his court rank was Junior Fourth Ra ...
of
Hirosaki Domain into retirement over allegations of gross misrule, Yukinori was ordered to change his name to Tsugaru Yukitsugu and to take his place as the 11th ''daimyō'' of Hirosaki. He turned the rule of Kuroishi Domain over to his brother,
Tsugaru Tsuguyasu
was the 3rd '' daimyō'' of Kuroishi Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was '' Izumo-no-kami'', and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.
Biography
Tsugaru Tsuguya ...
.
Yukitsugu brought in the noted
Confucian scholar
Satō Issai
was a '' Confucian scholar in late Edo to Bakumatsu period Japan.
Biography
Satō was the second son of Satō Nobuyoshi, a samurai in the service of Iwamura Domain, a minor (20,000 ''koku'') domain with holdings in Mino and Suruga Provinces. He ...
as an advisor and attempted to continue implementation many of the reforms initiated by
Tsugaru Nobuakira
was the 8th ''daimyō'' of Hirosaki Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was '' Tosa-no-kami'', and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.
Biography
Tsugaru Nobuyasu w ...
to restore prosperity to the disaster-prone domain, expanding on Nobuakira’s code of ethics from five articles to thirty in an attempt to rein in his unruly retainers. In addition to expanding the domain's agricultural land through opening of new
paddy field
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s, Yukitsugu also established a foundry for the casting of cannons, and attempted to modernize the domain's military and medical levels through the introduction of ''
rangaku'' studies. In 1855, the domain was ordered to assist in the defences of
Ezo, and established a military outpost of what the now the city of
Wakkanai.
In 1859 Yukitsugu turned the reign over to his adopted son,
Tsugaru Tsuguakira, and retired to pursue studies in literature and
''waka'' poetry. He died at the clan's
Edo
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Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
residence in 1865. 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
* 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
"Hirosaki-jō"(17 February 2008)
(17 February 2008)
*Koyasu Nobushige (1880). ''Buke kazoku meiyoden'' 武家家族名誉伝 Volume 1. Tokyo: Koyasu Nobushige. (Accessed fro
17 July 2008)
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Tozama daimyo
Ōkōchi-Matsudaira clan
Tsugaru clan
1800 births
1865 deaths
People of Edo-period Japan