Tsugaru Yukitsugu was born as Matsudaira Yukinori, the 5th son of Matsudaira Nobuakira, the daimyō of Yoshida Domain in Mikawa Province. He was adopted on June 5, 1821, as the heir to Tsugaru Chikatari, the daimyō of Kuroishi Domain. On his adoptive father’s retirement, as Tsugaru Yukinori, he became the 2nd daimyō of Kuroishi Domain from 1825 to 1839. He was known as an intelligent ruler, and worked for the restoration of the domain's finances during the political and agricultural crisis of the Tenpō era. After the Tokugawa shogunate forced Tsugaru Nobuyuki of Hirosaki Domain into retirement over allegations of gross misrule, Yukinori was ordered to change his name to Tsugaru Yukitsugu and to take his place as the 11th daimyō of Hirosaki. He turned the rule of Kuroishi Domain over to his brother, Tsugaru Tsuguyasu.
Yukitsugu brought in the noted Confucian scholar Satō Issai as an advisor and attempted to continue implementation many of the reforms initiated by Tsugaru Nobuakira to restore prosperity to the disaster-prone domain, expanding on Nobuakira’s code of ethics from five articles to thirty in an attempt to rein in his unruly retainers. In addition to expanding the domain's agricultural land through opening of new paddy fields, Yukitsugu also established a foundry for the casting of cannons, and attempted to modernize the domain's military and medical levels through the introduction of rangaku studies. In 1855, the domain was ordered to assist in the defences of Ezo, and established a military outpost of what the now the city of Wakkanai.
In 1859 Yukitsugu turned the reign over to his adopted son, Tsugaru Tsuguakira, and retired to pursue studies in literature and waka poetry. He died at the clan's Edo residence in 1865. His grave is at the clan temple of Shinryō-in (a subsidiary of Kan'ei-ji) in Taitō-ku, Tokyo.
tsugaru, yukitsugu, this, japanese, name, surname, tsugaru, 津軽, 順承, february, 1800, march, 1865, daimyō, kuroishi, domain, later, 11th, daimyō, hirosaki, domain, northern, mutsu, province, honshū, japan, modern, aomori, prefecture, courtesy, title, Ōsumi, kami. In this Japanese name the surname is Tsugaru Tsugaru Yukitsugu 津軽 順承 February 6 1800 March 2 1865 was the 2nd daimyō of Kuroishi Domain and later the 11th daimyō of Hirosaki Domain in northern Mutsu Province Honshu Japan modern day Aomori Prefecture His courtesy title was Ōsumi no kami and his Court rank was Junior Fourth Rank Lower Grade Tsugaru Yukitsugu 津軽順承Portrait of Tsugaru YukitsuguBorn 1800 02 06 February 6 1800DiedMarch 2 1865 1865 03 02 aged 65 Edo JapanNationalityJapaneseOther namesTsugaru YukinoriOccupation s Daimyō of Kuroishi Domain 1825 1839 Daimyō of Hirosaki Domain 1839 1859 PredecessorTsugaru ChikatariTsugaru NobuyukiSuccessorTsugaru TsuguakiraSpouse s daughter of Arima Hisayasu daimyō of Goi DomainParentMatsudaira Nobuakira father Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBiography editTsugaru Yukitsugu was born as Matsudaira Yukinori the 5th son of Matsudaira Nobuakira the daimyō of Yoshida Domain in Mikawa Province He was adopted on June 5 1821 as the heir to Tsugaru Chikatari the daimyō of Kuroishi Domain On his adoptive father s retirement as Tsugaru Yukinori he became the 2nd daimyō of Kuroishi Domain from 1825 to 1839 He was known as an intelligent ruler and worked for the restoration of the domain s finances during the political and agricultural crisis of the Tenpō era After the Tokugawa shogunate forced Tsugaru Nobuyuki of Hirosaki Domain into retirement over allegations of gross misrule Yukinori was ordered to change his name to Tsugaru Yukitsugu and to take his place as the 11th daimyō of Hirosaki He turned the rule of Kuroishi Domain over to his brother Tsugaru Tsuguyasu Yukitsugu brought in the noted Confucian scholar Satō Issai as an advisor and attempted to continue implementation many of the reforms initiated by Tsugaru Nobuakira to restore prosperity to the disaster prone domain expanding on Nobuakira s code of ethics from five articles to thirty in an attempt to rein in his unruly retainers In addition to expanding the domain s agricultural land through opening of new paddy fields Yukitsugu also established a foundry for the casting of cannons and attempted to modernize the domain s military and medical levels through the introduction of rangaku studies In 1855 the domain was ordered to assist in the defences of Ezo and established a military outpost of what the now the city of Wakkanai In 1859 Yukitsugu turned the reign over to his adopted son Tsugaru Tsuguakira and retired to pursue studies in literature and waka poetry He died at the clan s Edo residence in 1865 His grave is at the clan temple of Shinryō in a subsidiary of Kan ei ji in Taitō ku Tokyo See also editTsugaru clanReferences editKurotaki Jujirō 1984 Tsugaru han no hanzai to keibatsu 津軽藩の犯罪と刑罰 Hirosaki Hoppō shinsha Narita Suegorō 1975 Tsugaru Tamenobu shidan 津軽為信 史談 Aomori Tōō Nippōsha Tsugaru Tsuguakira Kō Den kankōkai 1976 Tsugaru Tsuguakira kō den 津輕承昭公傳 Tokyo Rekishi Toshosha The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia External links edit in Japanese Hirosaki jō 17 February 2008 in Japanese Tsugaru han on Edo 300 HTML 17 February 2008 Koyasu Nobushige 1880 Buke kazoku meiyoden 武家家族名誉伝 Volume 1 Tokyo Koyasu Nobushige Accessed from National Diet Library 17 July 2008 Preceded byTsugaru Chikatari nbsp 2nd Daimyō of Kuroishi as Tsugaru Yukinori 1825 1839 Succeeded byTsugaru TsuguyasuPreceded byTsugaru Nobuyuki nbsp 11th Daimyō of Hirosaki1839 1859 Succeeded byTsugaru Tsuguakira Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tsugaru Yukitsugu amp oldid 994197319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
