Matsudaira Tadaaki

Japanese: 松平忠明 - まつだいら・ただあきら

Year of death: March 23, 1644 (April 29, 1644)
Year of birth: Tensho 11 (1583)
Lord of Ise Kameyama, Settsu Osaka, Yamato Koriyama, and Harima Himeji domains in the early Edo period. Born in Shinshiro, Shitara County, Mikawa (Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture) as the fourth son of Okudaira Nobumasa, a subordinate general of the Tokugawa clan. His mother was Ieyasu's eldest daughter, Kamehime. He was adopted by his maternal grandfather Ieyasu and took the surname Matsudaira. He participated in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 (Keicho 5), and in 1615 was given a fief of 17,000 koku in Mikawa Sakute, and in 1616 was given a fief of 50,000 koku in Kameyama. He was active in both the winter and summer campaigns of Osaka. Immediately after the summer campaign of 1615 (Genna 1), he was given a fief of 100,000 koku in Osaka, built a new castle there, and restored and developed the city of Osaka, laying the foundations for what would later become "the kitchen of the world." In 1632, after the death of the Shogun Hidetada, Iemitsu took control of the real power of the shogunate government. Together with Ii Naotaka, the lord of Hikone domain, he oversaw the fudai daimyo, while at the same time participating in the shogunate government as the senior councilor on behalf of the fudai daimyo, helping to establish Iemitsu's administration. In 1633, when the isolation policy was completed and external relations were tense, he was transferred to Himeji with a fief of 180,000 koku, and was ordered to take overall command of the daimyo of the western provinces in the event of an attack by a foreign enemy, and he sent his retainers to Nagasaki. He also worked hard to develop his domain. A skilled warrior, he worked to improve military equipment, and helped to establish the shogunate government as a leading fudai daimyo in the early modern period. <References> "History of Osaka Prefecture" 3 volumes, Yamamoto Hirofumi "The Establishment of the Shogunate-Han System and the National System in the Early Modern Period"

(Negishi Shigeo)

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Japanese:

没年：正保1.3.23(1644.4.29)
生年：天正11(1583)
江戸前期の伊勢亀山,摂津大坂,大和郡山,播磨姫路藩主。徳川氏の部将奥平信昌の4男として三河設楽郡新城(愛知県新城市)に生まれる。母は家康の長女亀姫。外祖父家康の養子となり松平姓を名乗る。慶長5(1600)年関ケ原に出陣,7年三河作手1万7000石,15年亀山5万石。大坂冬夏両陣で活躍。元和1(1615)年夏陣直後に大坂に入封10万石,大坂に新たに築城して大坂の町を復興,整備し,のちの「天下の台所」の基盤をつくる。5年郡山に移封12万石,寛永9(1632)年大御所秀忠が死去し,家光が幕政の実権を掌握する過程で,彦根藩主井伊直孝と共に譜代大名を統括する一方,譜代大名を代表して老中と同様に幕政にも参画,家光政権の確立を助けた。鎖国の完成で対外関係が緊張した寛永16年姫路18万石に移され,外国の敵襲があれば西国の諸大名の総指揮に当たるよう命じられ,長崎に家臣を派遣。領内の開発にも尽くした。武勇に優れ武備の充実を図り,近世前期の譜代大名の重鎮として幕政の確立を助けた。<参考文献>『大阪府史』3巻,山本博文『幕藩制の成立と近世の国制』

(根岸茂夫)

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