was the 2nd ''

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'' of Mutsuura Domain in southern

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(modern-day Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama,

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) and 5th head of the

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

Biography

Yonekura Satonari was the eldest son of

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, the 1st ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain. He succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and as ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain at the age of two, on the death of his father in 1735. In fear that the domain would be suppressed, his retainers reported Satonari’s age to be nine years old to the shogunate inspectors. This deception was soon discovered, and the retainers were punished. Due to his young age, the

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appointed Yanagisawa Yoshikira, ''daimyō'' of Koriyama Domain in

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to be his guardian. He was received in a formal audience by ''

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in March 1746, but fell ill and died only a few days later. Yonekura Satonari had no heirs. His grave is at the clan temple of Hase-dera in

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, Tokyo.

References

"Mutsuura-han" on ''Edo 300 HTML''
(17 February 2008) * ''The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Yonekura Satonari Fudai daimyo 1733 births Satonari 1749 deaths People from Kanazawa, Yokohama People from Yokohama