Matsudaira (Echizen)

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Matsudaira coat of arms
(three mallow leaves)
Matsudaira (Fukui) residence in Edo
Matsudaira (Matsue) residence in Edo
Matsudaira (Maebashi) residence in Edo
Matsudaira (Akashi) residence in Edo

The Echizen Matsudaira ( Japanese 越 前 松 平 家 , Echizen Matsudaira-ke ) were a family of the Matsudaira clan belonging to the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), descended from Yūki Hideyasu , the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu . With an income of 340,000 Koku , the Matsudaira residing in Fukui ( Fukui Prefecture ) belonged to the great Shimpan daimyo of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Hideyasu ( 秀 康 , 1574-1607), second son Tokugawa Ieyasu , grew up with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and took part in his 1587 campaign in Kyūshū against the Shimazu . Yūki Harutomo ( 結 城 晴 朝 , 1534-1614), who had no children, asked Hideyoshi in 1590 for an adopted son. Hideyoshi selected Hideyasu, who now bore the family name Yūki and thus came into possession of the fief with 100,000 koku. In 1600 Hideyasu accompanied his father in the war against Uesugi Kagekatsu and also took part in the Battle of Sekigahara . Then he got the daimyat of Kita-no-shō ( 北 ノ 庄 ) in the province of Echizen with 670,000 koku. Hideyasu began to expand Kita-no-shō to Fukui Castle , but died at the age of 33. He left five sons who formed the eight lines of the house.
    • Tadanao ( 忠直 , 1595–1650), the eldest son, took over his father's fief, but left the name Yūki to his brother Naomoto. As soon as he was in office, his vassals complained, who turned to the Shogun, whereupon Honda Tomimasa was appointed as mediator. When Tadanao did not arrive in time for the siege of Osaka Castle, he angered Ieyasu. But then he distinguished himself by defeating the forces of Sanada Yukimura . However, Tadanao was disappointed when he was only named Sangi ( 参議 ) for his performance . He began to neglect his duties, was deposed in 1622 and exiled to Ogiwara, Bungo Province . His fiefdom was given to his brother Tadamasa.
      • Mitsunaga ( 光 長 , 1615–1707), eldest son of Tadanao, was sent to Takada ( Echigo ) in 1622 to take over his brother's fief there with 240,000 koku, as he was now taking over Fukui. He let himself be badly advised by his vassals, was deposed and exiled to Matsuyama ( Iyo ).
        • Nobutomi ( 宣 富 ), Mitsunaga's adopted son, received the Tsuyama ( Mimasaka ) fief in 1699 . The family resided there until 1868. After 1868 vice count .
    • Tadamasa ( 忠 昌 , 1597–1645) second son Hideyasus, took part in the siege of Osaka, from where he brought home 57 heads of his opponents as trophies. He received the fief of Kawanakajima ( Shinano ) with 150,000 koku, in 1619 the fief of Takada with 250,000 koku. When Tadanao was replaced in 1622, Tadamasa received the Fukui fief with 320,000 koku. The family resided there until 1868.
      • Yoshinaga , ( 慶 永 , 1829–1890), also called Keiei in Sino-Japanese , played an important role at the time of the Meiji Restoration . After 1868 he received the title of Prince.
      • A side branch resided in Itoigawa ( Echigo ) from 1717 to 1868 with an income of 10,000 koku. After 1868 Vice Count.
    • Naomasa ( 直 政 , 1601–1666) was the third son of Hideyasus. He and his family resided successively in 1623 in Ōno ( Echizen ) with 50,000 koku, from 1633 in Matsumoto (Shinano) with 80,000 koku and then from 1638 in Matsue ( Izumo ) with 186,000 koku. The last daimyo was
    • Sadayasu ( 定 安 , 1835–1882). After 1868 Count.
      • A branch line resided in Hirose (Izumo) from 1666 to 1868 with 30,000 koku. After 1868 Vice Count.
      • Another branch resided from 1677 to 1868 in Mori (Izumo) with 10,000 koku. After 1868 Vice Count.
    • Naomoto ( 直 基 , 1604-1648) was the fourth son of Hideyasus. From 1624 he and his family resided in Katsuyama (Echizen) with 30,000 koku, from 1634 in Ōno (Echizen), from 1644 in Yamagata (Yamagata) ( Dewa ) with 150,000 koku, from 1648 in Himeji ( Harima ), from 1649 in Murakami (Niigata) (Echigo), from 1667 back in Himeji, from 1682 in Hida (Bungo) from 1668 again in Yamagata, from 1692 in Shirakawa ( Mutsu ), from 1741 for the third time in Himeji, from 1749 in Maebashi ( Kōzuke ), from 1767 in Kawagoe ( Musashi ), and then from 1863 to 1868 again in Maebashi with 170,000 koku. The last daimyo was
      • Naokatsu ( 直 克 , 1840-1897). After 1868 Count.
    • Naoyoshi ( 直 良 ) was Hideyasu's fifth son. He and his family resided successively from 1624 in Kinomoto (Echizen) with 25,000 koku, from 1635 in Katsuyama (Echizen) with 35,000 koku, from 1644 in Ōno with 60,000 koku and finally from 1682 in Akashi (Harima) with 100,000 koku. The last daimyo was
      • Naomune ( 直 致 , 1849-1884). After 1868 Vice Count.

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Today within Yasugi City , Shimane Prefecture .
  2. ↑ a b As in Papinot, but not (yet) otherwise documented.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 184
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the Uchi-sakurada district map from around 1850.
  3. ↑ a b Excerpt from the Soto-sakurada district map from around 1850.
  4. ↑ Excerpt from the Atago district map from around 1850.

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .
  • Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
  • Miyaji, Saichiro (Ed.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanshu-tachi. Higashinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1905-1 .
  • Miyaji, Saichiro (Ed.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanshu-tachi. Nishinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1906-8 .