Shigemune Itakura

Japanese: 板倉重宗 - いたくら・しげむね

Year of death: December 1, 2002 (January 15, 1657)
Year of birth: Tensho 14 (1586)
He was a Kyoto Shoshidai (deputy governor) in the early Edo period and the lord of Sekijuku Domain in Shimousa Province (Sekijuku Town, Chiba Prefecture). He was born in Sunpu (Shizuoka) and was the eldest son of Itakura Katsushige, and his mother was the daughter of Kuriu Nagakatsu. He was originally called Shigenori. He was commonly known as Juzaburo, Gorohachi, and Mataemon. He was Suo no Kami. He served Tokugawa Hidetada closely, and later, together with Nagai Naomasa and Inoue Masanari, he was known as one of Hidetada's three closest retainers. In 1600 (Keicho 5), at the age of 15, he participated in the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1610, he accompanied Hidetada to Kyoto, and was appointed Suo no Kami with the rank of Junior Fifth Rank when Hidetada was proclaimed Shogun. He also served at both camps in Osaka. After working as a shoin clerk, he became Kyoto Shoshidai after his father Katsushige retired in 1620 (Genna 6), and was given a fief of over 27,000 koku. From then until 1654, he served as Shoshidai, the central position in the Edo Shogunate's control of Kyoto, for about 35 years, and even after he resigned, he remained in Kyoto until the following year as an assistant to his successor, Makino Chikanari. During that time, he inherited land and had his fief increased to 50,000 koku. In 1656, he was transferred to Sekijuku in Shimousa Province, but died in December of the same year. He was known as a famous Shoshidai along with his father Katsushige, and was praised by posterity as a "wise minister whose actions will be greatly appreciated." "Itakura Masakazu" and "Itakura Masakazu Zokuhen" are later compilations of records and achievements of the administration and trials of Itakura Katsushige and his son Shigemune, who served as Kyoto Shoshidai, during their tenures.

(Eiko Omori)

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

Japanese:

没年：明暦2.12.1(1657.1.15)
生年：天正14(1586)
江戸前期の京都所司代,下総国関宿藩(千葉県関宿町)藩主。駿府(静岡)の生まれで,板倉勝重の長男,母は栗生永勝の娘。初め重統。通称十三郎,五郎八,又右衛門。周防守。徳川秀忠に近侍し,のち永井尚政,井上正就と共に秀忠の近侍の三臣と称される。慶長5(1600)年15歳で関ケ原の戦に従軍。10年,秀忠の上洛に供奉し,秀忠の将軍宣下に際して従五位下周防守に叙任される。大坂の両陣にも従軍。書院番頭を経て,元和6(1620)年致仕した父勝重のあとを受けて京都所司代となり,2万7000石余を領す。以来承応3(1654)年までの約35年間,江戸幕府の京都支配の中枢として所司代の職にあり,辞任後も後任牧野親成の補佐役として翌年まで京都に留まった。その間,遺領継承や加増によって5万石となる。明暦2(1656)年下総国関宿に転封となるが,同年12月死去。父勝重と共に名所司代として知られ,「後世にはありがたき賢臣」と評された。なお『板倉政要』および『板倉政要続篇』は,京都所司代を務めた板倉勝重,重宗父子の在職中の施政,あるいは裁判に関する記録や事績を,後世まとめたものである。

(大森映子)

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