was the 6th ''

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'' of

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in southern

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(modern-day

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) and 9th head of the

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. His courtesy title was '' Tango-no-kami.''

Biography

Yonekura Masanori was born as the 9th son of Mizuno Kadakane, ''daimyō'' of

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. In January 1803, he was adopted to be heir to the 5th ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain (Yonekura Masayoshi), and was confirmed to that position in an audience with ''

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in March of the same year. Yonekura Masayoshi then claimed illness, and retired on June 15, surrendering his title and official positions. As ''daimyō'', Masanori was assigned to several ceremonial postings as guard of various gates to

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. In August 1811, he was dismissed from his post as magistrate in Osaka for incompetence, and died of a sudden illness on April 18, 1812. However, there is some uncertainty to this date, and the term ‘sudden illness’ was often an official euphemism for ''

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''. Masanaga had six sons and two daughters his official wife, a daughter of

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, ''daimyō'' of Anegasaki Domain, but died childless.

References

"Mutsuura-han" on ''Edo 300 HTML''
(17 Feb. 2008) * ''The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article in Japanese Wikipedia.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Yonekura Masanori Fudai daimyo 1784 births

Masanori Masanori is a masculine Japanese given name. Kanji and meaning The name Masanori is generally written with two kanji, the first read and the second read , for example: *Starting with ("correct"): **: second kanji means "rule" or "regulation". ...

1812 deaths People from Yokohama

Biography

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