was an early to mid-

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, and ''

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''. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)
"Matsudaira" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 30
retrieved 2013-4-9.

Biography

Tadamasa was born in

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as the second son of

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. His childhood name was Toramatsu (虎松) later become Toranosuke (虎之助). In 1607, he was received in audience by his grandfather,

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and uncle Tokugawa Hidetada. Hidetada took a liking to the boy, and ordered that he be raised in the Tokugawa household by Eishō-in together with Tokugawa Yorinobu. In the same year, he was assigned a fief of 10,000 '' koku'', and became ''daimyō'' of Kazusa-Anegasaki Domain. He was noted for his skill in the martial arts, and accompanied Hidetada during the Siege of Osaka, where he was frustrated that he would not be allowed to participate in the battle due to his youth. He strongly petitioned Hidetada to perform his ''

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'' ceremony before the start of the Osaka summer campaign, and Hidetada agreed, granting him a ''

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'' from his name and Court rank of Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade and the courtesy title was ''Iyo-no-kami''. He subsequently distinguished himself in combat with his prowess with the spear, which later became an heirloom of the Echizen-Matsudaira clan. As a reward for his actions in battle, he was transferred to Shimotsuma Domain in

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(30,000 ''koku'') in 1615, but the following year he replaced the disgraced Matsudaira Tadateru at

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in Shinano Province (120,000 ''koku''). In 1619 he was transferred again, this time to Takada Domain in Echigo Province (250,000 ''koku''). In 1623, he replaced his elder brother

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as ''daimyō'' of Fukui Domain (500,000 ''koku'') In 1626 his court rank was raised to Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade. In 1634, he accompanied Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu to Kyoto, and Fukui Domain reached its peak '' kokudaka'' of 505,600 ''koku''. In 1637, he was disappointed that no order came to lead his troops during the Shimabara Rebellion, so he visited the battle in a private capacity with only twelve retainers. In 1643, he ordered the rebuilding of Mikuni Harbor as the main port of Fukui Domain. He died in 1648 at the domain's residence in Edo. On his death, seven of his senior retainers also committed '' junshi''. His grave is at the temple of Eihei-ji in Fukui. He had a magnificent upper residence (''kamiyashiki'') constructed outside Edo Castle.

Family

* Father: Yuki Hideyasu * Mother: Seiryō-in, daughter Nakagawa Kazushige * Wives: ** Asano Hanahime, daughter of Asano Yoshinaga of

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** Ichihime, daughter of '' kuge'' Hirohashi Kuroishi * Concubines: ** Kōshō-in (Uragami dono) ** Shiraishi dono * Children: ** Matsudaira Masakatsu (1636-1693) by Shiraishi **

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by Ichihime ** Chōmatsu ** Tokumatsu ** Matsudaira Masachika by Uragami ** Manhime married Matsudaira Tsunataka of Matsue Domain ** Kunihime married Honda Shigeaki of Muraoka Domain later married Asukai Masanao ('' kuge'') ** Senhime married Mōri Tsunahiro of Chōshū Domain ** Furihime married Doi Toshinao of Owa Domain

References

* Papinot, Edmond. (1948). ''Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan''. New York: Overbeck Co.

External links

Fukui Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"
(3 November 2007) *
越前松平氏 (Echizen Matsudaira) at ReichsArchiv.jp

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matsudaira, Tadamasa Shinpan daimyo 1598 births 1645 deaths Fukui-Matsudaira clan