Tadataka Kyogoku

Japanese: 京極忠高 - きょうごく・ただたか

Year of death: June 12, 1637 (August 2, 1637)
Year of birth: Bunroku 2 (1593)
A feudal lord in the early Edo period. Lord of Matsue Domain in Izumo Province (Shimane Prefecture). Son of Takatsugu, lord of Obama Domain in Wakasa Province (Fukui Prefecture), his mother was Jokoin. Born in Akui, Kyoto. Wakasa no Kami, later Sakon'e Gon no Shosho. In 1609, he inherited his father's territory. In 1615, he fought in the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Izumo and Oki with a fief of over 264,000 koku. He made his castle in Matsue. Tadataka was treated as a relative of the Tokugawa clan, as his mother was the elder sister of Sugenin, the wife of the second shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada. He died in Edo. As he had no heir, he adopted his nephew at the end of his life, but his territory was confiscated.

(Hasegawa Seiichi)

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Japanese:

没年：寛永14.6.12(1637.8.2)
生年：文禄2(1593)
江戸前期の大名。出雲国(島根県)松江藩主。若狭国(福井県)小浜藩主高次の子,母は常高院。京都安久居生まれ。若狭守,のち左近衛権少将。慶長14(1609)年父の遺領を継ぐ。元和1(1615)年大坂の陣に出陣。寛永11(1634)年出雲・隠岐26万4000石余に転封。松江に居城をおく。忠高は,母が2代将軍徳川秀忠の室崇源院の姉であったから,徳川氏の縁戚として処遇された。江戸で死去。嗣子がなく,甥を末期養子にたてたが,領地を没収された。

(長谷川成一)

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