Nakayama-shi

Japanese: 中山氏 - なかやまうじ

A senior retainer of the Mito Domain. According to the family genealogy, he was a descendant of Emperor Senka, had the surname Tanji, and his descendants lived in Musashi and later took the name Nakayama. During the time of Nobuyoshi, he served Tokugawa Ieyasu, and in 1607 (Keicho 12), he was ordered by Ieyasu to be the guardian of his eleventh son, Yorifusa. When Yorifusa became the lord of Mito Domain in 1614, he became a senior retainer and was given a fief of 15,000 koku within the Mito domain. During the time of the 14th head, Nobuaki, under the Meiji Restoration government, he was placed on the throne of the domain along with the other three senior retainers in January 1868 (Meiji 1), and became independent as the Matsuoka Domain with a fief of 25,000 koku.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

水戸藩の付家老。家譜によれば宣化天皇の裔，姓は丹治，子孫は武蔵に住し，のち中山氏を称したという。信吉のとき徳川家康に仕え，1607年(慶長12)家康の命で十一男の頼房の守役（もりやく）となり，14年頼房が水戸藩主となると，付家老となって水戸領内で1万5000石の知行地を与えられた。14代信徴（のぶあき）のとき維新政府のもとで，1868年(明治1)1月，他の三家付家老とともに藩屛に列せられ，2万5000石の松岡藩として独立した。

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