Shigemasa was born in Edo Castle as the eldest son of Tokugawa Munetada, founder of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family, one of the Gosankyō, the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa clan. His mother was a daughter of the kampakuIchijō Kaneka. His childhood name was Ogimaru (於義丸) given by his grandfather, ShōgunTokugawa Yoshimune. In 1747, on the order of his uncle, ShōgunTokugawa Ieshige, he became the adopted son and heir of Matsudaira Munenori of Fukui Domain. He became daimyō two years later on Muninori's death. At the time, he was called by his youth name of Matsudaira Kogorō; however, in 1751 he underwent the genpuku ceremony and received a character from Tokugawa Ieshige's name to become Matsudaira Shigemasa. In 1755, his court rank was Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade and his courtesy title was Sakon'e-gon-shōjō and Echizen-no-kami.
Due to his youth, he played little role in domain affairs, which were handled by his senior retainers. The tenryō territories previously administered by the domain reverted to direct shogunal control, resulting in a severe loss of revenue. This problem was made worse by poor harvests and flooding in certain areas of the domain.
Although betrothed to the sixth daughter of Tokugawa Munekatsu of Owari Domain, Shigemasa died in 1758 before his marriage and without heir. His graves are at the clan temple of Kaian-ji in Shinagawa Tokyo and Unshō-ji in Fukui.
External linksEdit
"Fukui" at Edo 300 (in Japanese)
越前松平氏 (Echizen Matsudaira) at ReichsArchiv.jp (in Japanese)
NotesEdit
^Burks, Ardath W. (1985). The Modernizers: overseas students, foreign employees, and Meiji Japan, p. 47.
matsudaira, shigemasa, 松平, 重昌, october, 1743, april, 1758, 11th, daimyō, fukui, domain, under, period, tokugawa, shogunate, echizen, province, 松平, 重昌born, 1743, october, 1743edo, japandiedapril, 1758, 1758, aged, japannationalityjapanesetitledaimyō, fukui, dom. Matsudaira Shigemasa 松平 重昌 9 October 1743 25 April 1758 was the 11th daimyō of Fukui Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate in Echizen Province 1 Matsudaira Shigemasa松平 重昌Born 1743 10 09 October 9 1743Edo JapanDiedApril 25 1758 1758 04 25 aged 14 Edo JapanNationalityJapaneseTitleDaimyō of Fukui DomainPredecessorMatsudaira MunenoriSuccessorMatsudaira ShigetomiSpouse none ParentTokugawa Munetada father In this Japanese name the surname is Matsudaira Shigemasa was born in Edo Castle as the eldest son of Tokugawa Munetada founder of the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family one of the Gosankyō the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa clan His mother was a daughter of the kampaku Ichijō Kaneka His childhood name was Ogimaru 於義丸 given by his grandfather Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune In 1747 on the order of his uncle Shōgun Tokugawa Ieshige he became the adopted son and heir of Matsudaira Munenori of Fukui Domain He became daimyō two years later on Muninori s death At the time he was called by his youth name of Matsudaira Kogorō however in 1751 he underwent the genpuku ceremony and received a character from Tokugawa Ieshige s name to become Matsudaira Shigemasa In 1755 his court rank was Junior Fourth Rank Upper Grade and his courtesy title was Sakon e gon shōjō and Echizen no kami Due to his youth he played little role in domain affairs which were handled by his senior retainers The tenryō territories previously administered by the domain reverted to direct shogunal control resulting in a severe loss of revenue This problem was made worse by poor harvests and flooding in certain areas of the domain Although betrothed to the sixth daughter of Tokugawa Munekatsu of Owari Domain Shigemasa died in 1758 before his marriage and without heir His graves are at the clan temple of Kaian ji in Shinagawa Tokyo and Unshō ji in Fukui External links Edit Fukui at Edo 300 in Japanese 越前松平氏 Echizen Matsudaira at ReichsArchiv jp in Japanese Notes Edit Burks Ardath W 1985 The Modernizers overseas students foreign employees and Meiji Japan p 47 Preceded byMatsudaira Munenori nbsp 11th Daimyō of Fukui1749 1758 Succeeded byMatsudaira Shigetomi Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Matsudaira Shigemasa amp oldid 1146542664, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
