Hideyuki Gamou

Japanese: 蒲生秀行 - がもう・ひでゆき

Year of death: May 14, 1612 (June 13, 1612)
Year of birth: Tensho 11 (1583)
A feudal lord in the early Edo period. Lord of Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle (Fukushima Prefecture). The eldest son of Ujisato, his mother was the daughter of Oda Nobunaga. Born in Omi Province (Shiga Prefecture). His childhood name was Tsuruchiyo. He initially called himself Hidetaka. In 1595 (Bunroku 4), he inherited his father's estate of 920,000 koku in Aizu, and came under the guardianship of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Maeda Toshiie. He served as the governor of Hida and a chamberlain. In 1598 (Keicho 3), Aizu was confiscated due to a dispute between senior vassals, and he was transferred to Utsunomiya in Shimotsuke Province (Tochigi Prefecture) with a reduced fief of 120,000 koku. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1592, he joined the eastern army and guarded Utsunomiya Castle, and the following year he was awarded 600,000 koku in Aizu again. Around this time, he changed his name to Hideyuki. In 1597, he was given the surname Matsudaira by the Tokugawa clan. In the 14th year, there was a dispute between Hideyuki's close aide and a senior vassal from Ujisato, and a family dispute broke out, but Ieyasu arranged for him not to be stripped of his title. He died in Aizu. According to the Todai-ki, Hideyuki was a heavy drinker, had bad manners, and was a dissolute person.

(Hasegawa Seiichi)

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

Japanese:

没年：慶長17.5.14(1612.6.13)
生年：天正11(1583)
江戸初期の大名。会津若松城(福島県)城主。氏郷の長子,母は織田信長の娘。近江国(滋賀県)生まれ。幼名鶴千代。初め秀隆と名乗った。文禄4(1595)年父の遺領会津92万石を継ぎ,徳川家康や前田利家の後見を受ける。飛騨守,侍従。慶長3(1598)年重臣間の争いにより会津を没収され,下野国(栃木県)宇都宮12万石に減転封された。5年の関ケ原の戦では,東軍に属して宇都宮城を守衛し,翌年会津60万石を再び拝領した。このころに秀行と改名。12年徳川氏より松平姓を授けられた。14年秀行の出頭人(側近)と氏郷以来の重臣との間で争いがあり,御家騒動が起こったが,家康の計らいで改易の処分はなかった。会津で死去。秀行は,『当代記』によれば,大酒のみで行儀が悪く放縦な人物であったという。

(長谷川成一)

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