Aoyama Hitachisuke - Aoyama Hitachisuke

...A senior vassal of the shogunate in the early Edo period. Commonly known as Touemon. Hitachi no suke. Head of the Aoyama clan. From an early age he served Tokugawa Ieyasu and distinguished himself in the war against the Takeda clan. In 1580 (Tensho 8), he was made a tutor to Ieyasu's eldest son Hidetada, and became a sort of elder retainer. When he entered the Kanto region, he served as a magistrate in charge of dividing up land, and later served as both the executive officer of Edo town administration (town magistrate) and the "magistrate of Kanto" (Kanto Sobugyo). He was temporarily placed under house arrest, but was later pardoned and given a fief of 28,000 koku. [Inmoto Masuo]...

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…江戸初期の幕府重臣。通称藤右衛門。常陸介。青山氏の宗家。幼少より徳川家康に近侍，武田氏との合戦で軍功があった。1580年(天正8)家康の嫡子秀忠の傅（もり）とされ，家老的な存在となる。関東入部時，知行割などの奉行を務め，のち江戸の町政の執行(町奉行)と〈関東の奉行職〉(関東総奉行)を兼任した。一時，蟄居したがのち許され2万8000石を領した。【煎本 増夫】…

※「青山常陸介」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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