Matsudaira Tadamasa

In this Japanese name, the family name is Matsudaira.
Emblem (mon) of the Matsudaira clan

Matsudaira Tadamasa (松平 忠昌, 21 January 1598 – 20 September 1645) was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period.[1]

Biography

Tadamasa was the second son of Yūki Hideyasu.[1] He became the clan leader and head of Fukui Domain in 1622 when his older brother was banished to Ogiwara in Bungo Province.[1]

Kamiyashiki of Matsudaira Tadamasa as depicted in the Edo-zu byōbu screens (17th century)

He had a magnificent upper residence (kamiyashiki) constructed outside Edo Castle.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.

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Preceded by
______		 Daimyo of Anegasaki
1607-1615 		Succeeded by
Matsudaira Naomasa
Preceded by
Tokugawa Yorifusa		 Daimyo of Shimotsuma
1615-1616 		Succeeded by
Matsudaira Sadatsuna
Preceded by
Matsudaira Tadateru		 Daimyo of Matsushiro
1616-1618 		Succeeded by
Sakai Tadakatsu
Preceded by
Sakai Tadakatsu		 Daimyo of Takada
1618-1623 		Succeeded by
Matsudaira Mitsunaga
Preceded by
Matsudaira Tadanao		 Daimyo of Fukui
1623-1645 		Succeeded by
Matsudaira Mitsumichi



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