was the 10th ''
daimyō'' of
Fukui Domain under the
Edo period Tokugawa shogunate in
Echizen Province.
Biography
Munenori was the younger son of Matsudaira Chikakiyo, who was the fourth son of
Matsudaira Naonori of
Shirakawa Domain. Naonori was in turn the son of
Matsudaira Naomoto of
Himeji Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around Himeji Castle, which is located in what is now the ...
, who was in turn the fifth son of Fukui domain's founder,
Yūki Hideyasu. His childhood name was Senjirō (千次郎).
In 1712, he was selected by
Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune to become heir to Fukui Domain, and was wed to a daughter of
Matsudaira Yoshikuni. He became ''daimyō'' in 1724 on the death of
Matsudaira Munemasa. He underwent the ''
genpuku'' ceremony in 1726 and his name was changed to Hyobō-daisuke Munenori at that time, taking one ''
kanji'' each from the names of Tokugawa Yoshimune and Matsudaira Munemasa. He also gained the
court rank was Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade. In 1733, he gained the
courtesy title
A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but rather is used through custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (cf. substantive title).
In some co ...
of ''Sakon'e-gon-shōjō''.
Under his tenure, extensive reforms were taken to root out corruption and to provide disaster relief for people suffering from crop failure or destitution. Munenori stressed fiscal restraint, and came down strongly on tax evasion by merchants. He also focused on forestry, especially the planting of lacquer trees, and improvements to the domain’s port at Mikuni. He also managed to have all the ''
tenryō'' territories in Echizen Province placed under the administration of Fukui Domain, for which he received a percentage of their revenues. For these efforts, he is recognized as one of the best rulers of Fukui during the Edo period; however, his efforts were not enough to place the domain on sound financial footing, and a demand that he oversee the shogunal pilgrimage to the
Nikkō Tōshō-gū in 1743 was also a severe financial setback.
He was a patron of the arts.
[Kita, Sandy. (1999)]
''The Last Tosa: Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei, Bridge to Ukiyo-e'', p. 238
He died in Edo in 1749 at the age of 35, without natural heir. His graves are at the clan temple of Kaian-ji in
Shinagawa Tokyo and Unshō-ji in Fukui.
Family
* Father: Matsudaira Chikakiyo (1682–1721)
* Mother: Honda-dono
* Wife: Katsuhime, daughter of
Matsudaira Yoshikuni
External links
"Fukui" at Edo 300
*
越前松平氏 (Echizen Matsudaira) at ReichsArchiv.jp
Notes
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1715 births
1749 deaths
Shinpan daimyo
Fukui-Matsudaira clan
Maebashi-Matsudaira clan
People of Edo-period Japan