Matsudaira Sukemasa

Matsudaira Sukemasa 松平資昌
Born	November 3, 1744 Yoshida, Mikawa Province, Japan
Died	February 11, 1762 (aged 42) Miyazu, Tango Province, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Iyo-no-kami,
Occupation	Daimyō

Matsudaira Sukemasa (松平資昌, November 3, 1744 – February 11, 1762) was a daimyō during mid-Edo period Japan.

Biography

Matsudaira Sukemasa was the third son of Matsudaira Sukekuni, the daimyō of Yoshida Domain in Mikawa Province. On the death of his father in 1752, he became daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain and head of the Okōchi-branch of the Matsudaira clan at the age of eight.

On December 27, 1758, he was transferred to Miyazu Domain in Tango Province, but owing to his poor health, was unable to exercise administration. On November 27, 1761 he retired from public life, turning the domain over to his adopted son Matsudaira Suketada.

Sukemasa died two months later at the age of 17.

References

• Papinot, Edmund. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
• The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.