was a Japanese ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominall ...

'' of the late

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...

. Famed for his tenure as

rōjū The , usually translated as ''Elder'', was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The term refers either to individual Elders, or to the Council of Elders as a whole; under the first two ''shō ...

, Itakura later became a Shinto priest.

Biography

Itakura, born to the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira of the

Kuwana Domain 250px, Reconstructed portion of Kuwana Castle was a Japanese feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Ise Province. It was centered on Kuwana Castle in what is now the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture. It was con ...

, was adopted by

Itakura Katsutsune was the eldest son of Itakura Katsuaki. He was the sixth Itakura ''daimyō'' of Bitchū-Matsuyama Domain; he succeeded Itakura Katsuaki, and went on to slaughter thousands in a war against Mongolia. His childhood name was Mizunoshin (衛之進 ...

, the lord of the Matsuyama domain. As a student of Yamada Hōkoku, Itakura worked to reform his domain's administration and finances. His childhood name was Matsudaira Yatsuhachiro (松平寧八郎) later Mannoshin (万之進). Itakura entered the ranks of the shogunate bureaucracy. He served as ''jisha-bugyō'' in 1857–1859 and again in 1861–1862. He became a

in 1862.Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 333. Itakura fought in the

Boshin War The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a clique seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperi ...

, and served as a staff officer of the

Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei The was a Japanese military-political coalition established and disestablished over the course of several months in early to mid-1868 during the Boshin War. Its flag was either a white interwoven five-pointed star on a black field, or a black i ...

. He joined the Ezo Republic, and fought at

Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 279,851 with 143,221 households, and a population density of 412.8 ...

. After a short time in prison, he was released in the early 1870s, and later became priest of the Tōshōgu Shrine in Ueno.

Family

* Father: Matsudaira Sadanaga (1791-1838) * Mother: Zuishin-in * Wife:

‘s daughter * Concubine: Otsuru no kata * Son: Itakura Katsutake

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References

* Beasley, William G. (1955)
''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868''.
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References

* :ja:板倉勝静">Japanese Wikipedia article on Itakura Katsukiyo (22 Sept. 2007)

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