Toda Ujikane

Japanese: 戸田氏鉄 - とだ・うじかね

Year of death: February 14, 1655 (March 21, 1655)
Year of birth: Tensho 4 (1576)
A feudal lord in the early Edo period. The first lord of the Ogaki Domain in Mino Province (Gifu Prefecture). His father was Ichinishi, the lord of Zeze Castle in Omi (Shiga Prefecture), and his mother was the daughter of Maki Ujitsune. He was born in Futatsugi, Mikawa Province (Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture). He had the names Shinjiro, Samon, and Uneme-no-sho. His pen name was Jōkan. He served Tokugawa Ieyasu from around 1589 (Tenshō 17), and participated in the Eastern Army in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 (Keichō 5). In 1604, he inherited his father's estate of Zeze Domain. In July 1616 (Genna 2), he was transferred to the Amagasaki Domain in Settsu with a fief of 50,000 koku. He was then transferred to the Ogaki Domain in Mino with a fief of 100,000 koku in 1635 (Kan'ei 12). In the Shimabara Rebellion in 1614, he fought alongside Matsudaira Nobutsuna and helped put an end to the rebellion. He retired from service in 1651 (Keian 4). He died in Ogaki Castle. He is said to have been a man who encouraged the development of new fields, consolidated the foundations of the domain government, contributed to the promotion of education, and built the foundations of Mino culture.

(Hasegawa Seiichi)

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

Japanese:

没年：明暦1.2.14(1655.3.21)
生年：天正4(1576)
江戸初期の大名。美濃国(岐阜県)大垣藩の初代藩主。父は近江(滋賀県)膳所城主一西,母は真木氏常の娘。三河国二連木(愛知県豊橋市)生まれ。新二郎,左門,采女正。号は常閑。天正17(1589)年ごろより徳川家康に仕え,慶長5(1600)年の関ケ原の戦では,東軍に参加。7年父の遺領膳所藩を継いだ。元和2(1616)年7月摂津尼崎藩5万石へ移封。次いで寛永12(1635)年には,美濃大垣藩10万石へ移封された。14年の島原の乱では,松平信綱と共に出陣し乱の鎮定に当たった。慶安4(1651)年に致仕。大垣城で死去。新田開発を奨励して藩政の基礎をかため,文教の振興にも貢献し,美濃文化の基礎を築いた人物といわれる。<著作>『八道集』(大垣市立図書館蔵)

(長谷川成一)

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