Gamou Tadatomo - Gamou Tadatomo

Japanese: 蒲生忠知 - がもう・ただとも

Year of death: August 18, 1634 (October 9, 1634)
Year of birth: Keicho 10 (1605)
A feudal lord in the early Edo period. Lord of Matsuyama Domain in Iyo Province (Ehime Prefecture). His father was Hideyuki and his mother was Tokugawa Ieyasu's daughter Furihime. His childhood name was Tsurumatsumaru. He was Nakatsukasa Daifu and chamberlain. In 1626 (Kan'ei 3), he was bestowed 40,000 koku of land in Kaminoyama, Dewa Province (Yamagata Prefecture). In 1627, the lord of Aizu's brother Tadasato died without an heir, and so the 600,000 koku of Aizu was confiscated by the shogunate. In return, Tadatomo was given 200,000 koku of land in Matsuyama, Iyo, and 40,000 koku of land in Hino, Omi (Shiga Prefecture), for a total of 240,000 koku. In 1636, a family dispute occurred, and his elder retainer Fukunishi Kichizaemon and others were punished. He died in Edo. With Tadatomo's death, the Gamo family became extinct with no heir. It is said that red turnips, a specialty of the Matsuyama region, were brought from Hino during Tadatomo's time.

(Hasegawa Seiichi)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：寛永11.8.18(1634.10.9)
生年：慶長10(1605)
江戸初期の大名。伊予国(愛媛県)松山藩の藩主。父は秀行,母は徳川家康の娘振姫。幼名鶴松丸。中務大輔,侍従。寛永3(1626)年出羽国上山(山形県)4万石を拝領。4年会津藩主の兄忠郷が跡継ぎがなく没したため,会津60万石は幕府に収公され,その代わり忠知に伊予松山20万石と近江(滋賀県)日野4万石,合わせて24万石が与えられた。9年御家騒動により家老の福西吉左衛門らが処分を受けた。江戸で死去。忠知の死により蒲生家は跡継ぎがなく断絶。松山地方特産の緋蕪は忠知時代に日野からもたらされたものだという。

(長谷川成一)

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