Masanaga Naito - Masanaga Naito

Japanese: 内藤政長 - ないとう・まさなが

Year of death: October 17, 11 (December 7, 1634)
Year of birth: Eiroku 11 (1568)
A feudal lord in the early Edo period. First lord of Iwakidaira Domain in Mutsu Province (Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture). His father was Iecho and his mother was the daughter of Matsudaira Tadanaga. Born in Mikawa. Nicknamed Kin'ichiro. Samanosuke. Served Tokugawa Ieyasu together with his father. Participated in the attack on Aizu in 1600. After his father was killed in battle with the Western Army at Fushimi Castle, Masanaga inherited his estate of 20,000 koku in Sanuki, Kazusa Province (Chiba Prefecture) in the same year. During the Siege of Osaka (1614, 15), he served as the caretaker of Edo Castle, and was involved in matters related to the Shogunate's abolition of fiefs, such as the taking over of Yanagawa Castle in Chikugo Province (1620) and the seizure of Kumamoto Castle (1632). During this time, he was transferred to Iwakidaira with 70,000 koku in 1622. He was particularly notable for his achievements in reforestation. He died in Edo. There is also a theory that Masanaga was Ieyasu's illegitimate son.

(Hasegawa Seiichi)

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Japanese:

没年：寛永11.10.17(1634.12.7)
生年：永禄11(1568)
江戸初期の大名。陸奥国磐城平藩(福島県いわき市)の初代藩主。父は家長,母は松平忠長の娘。三河生まれ。通称金一郎。左馬助。父と共に徳川家康に仕える。慶長5(1600)年の会津攻撃に参加。父が伏見城で西軍と戦って戦死したため,5年遺領上総国(千葉県)佐貫2万石を襲封。大坂の陣(1614,15)では江戸城留守居を務め,筑後国柳川城の請け取り(1620),熊本城の接収(1632)など幕府の改易に関する事柄にかかわった。この間,元和8(1622)年磐城平7万石へ転封。特に植林の治績が顕著であった。江戸で死去。政長は家康の落胤という説もある。

(長谷川成一)

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