Shigetsugu Abe

Japanese: 阿部重次 - あべ・しげつぐ

Year of death: 4th April 20th, 1651 (6th June 8th, 1651)
Year of birth: 1598
He was a kinshu shujin (attendant), senior councilor, and lord of Musashi Iwatsuki Domain (Iwatsuki City) in the early Edo period. He served as Yamashiro no Kami and Tsushima no Kami. He was the second son of Abe Masatsugu. His mother was the daughter of Sahara Yoshinari. He was initially adopted by Miura Shigenari and served Tokugawa Hidetada, successively serving as a kinshu (attendant). In 1628 (Kan'ei 5), he returned to the Abe position after his brother's death. He later served Iemitsu, and in 1629 (Kan'ei 6), he became the head clerk of the Kosei-gumi. In the following year, he was appointed to the Rokkuninshu along with Matsudaira Nobutsuna and his cousin Abe Tadaaki, and became a central figure in Iemitsu's administration as kinshu shujin (attendant), participating in the shogunate government. In the same year, he was frequently sent to Takasaki in Kozuke, where Iemitsu's younger brother Tokugawa Tadanaga was imprisoned, and drove Tadanaga to suicide. In 1632 (Kan'ei 7), he became the lord of Iwatsuki Castle, with a fief of 59,000 koku. In November of the same year, he became a senior councilor. In July 1648, he was awarded 99,000 koku including his father's estate. In the fourth year of the same year, he committed suicide following the death of Iemitsu. Although he did not achieve anything spectacular, he supported Iemitsu's administration from within and served him until the end. <References> "Iwatsuki City History" Domain Government Historical Materials Volumes 1 and 2, "Saitama Prefecture History" General History Volume 3

(Negishi Shigeo)

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没年：慶安4.4.20(1651.6.8)
生年：慶長3(1598)
江戸前期の近習出頭人,老中,武蔵岩槻藩(岩槻市)藩主。山城守,対馬守。阿部正次の次男。母は佐原義成の娘。始め三浦重成の養子となり徳川秀忠に仕え,近習などを歴任。寛永5(1628)年兄の死去で阿部に復す。のち家光に仕え,同9年小性組番頭。翌10年松平信綱や従弟の阿部忠秋らと,六人衆に任命され,近習出頭人として家光政権の中核となり幕政に参画。同年,家光の弟徳川忠長が幽閉されていた上野高崎にしばしば派遣され,忠長を自殺に追い込む。同15年岩槻城主,所領5万9000石。同年11月老中。慶安1(1648)年7月父の遺領を合わせ9万9000石。同4年家光の死去に伴い殉死。華々しい活躍はなかったが,家光政権を内から支え,最後まで家光に尽くした。<参考文献>『岩槻市史』藩政史料上下,『埼玉県史』通史編3

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