Naokatsu Ii - Good and good

Japanese: 井伊直勝 - いいなおかつ

1590-1662 A daimyo in the early Edo period.
Born in 1581. The eldest son of Ii Naomasa. Succeeding his father, he became the lord of Sawayama Castle in Omi (Shiga Prefecture) in 1604. In 1605 he began construction of a castle on Hikoneyama, and later moved to Hikone Castle. By order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he handed the lordship of Hikone Domain over to his half-brother Naotaka, was given 30,000 koku of land, and in 1627 became the first lord of the Ii clan in Annaka Domain in Kozuke (Gunma Prefecture). At this time he changed his name from Naotsugu to Naokatsu. He died on July 11, 1662. He was 73 years old. He was from Totomi (Shizuoka Prefecture).

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

1590－1662　江戸時代前期の大名。
天正(てんしょう)18年生まれ。井伊直政の長男。父の跡をつぎ,慶長7年近江(おうみ)(滋賀県)佐和山城主。8年彦根山に築城を開始,のち彦根城にうつる。徳川家康の命により彦根藩主を異母弟の直孝(なおたか)にゆずり,3万石を分与され,20年上野(こうずけ)(群馬県)安中藩主井伊家初代となる。このとき直継(なおつぐ)から直勝に改名した。寛文2年7月11日死去。73歳。遠江(とおとうみ)(静岡県)出身。

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