Matsudaira Tadateru - Matsudaira Tadateru

Japanese: 松平忠輝 - まつだいら・ただてる

Year of death: Tenwa 3.7.3 (1683.8.24)
Year of birth: Bunroku 1.1.4 (1592.2.16)
A feudal lord in the early Edo period. Lord of Takada Domain in Echigo. The sixth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. His mother was Chaa no Tsubone. His childhood name was Tatsuchiyo. In 1599 (Keicho 4), he became the lord of Fukaya Castle in Musashi Province (Saitama Prefecture) with a fief of 10,000 koku, and in 1599, he became the lord of Sakura Castle in Shimousa Province (Chiba Prefecture) with a fief of 40,000 koku. In 1602, he married Gorohachi, the daughter of Date Masamune, the lord of Sendai Province. In leap February 1603, he became the lord of Fukushima Castle in Echigo Province (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture), and controlled 450,000 koku in both Echigo and Shinano Provinces. The shogunate appointed the surrounding daimyo Murakami Yorikatsu (Lord of Murakami Domain) and Mizokuni Nobukatsu (Lord of Shibata Domain) as vassals to Tadateru, and also added Okubo Nagayasu and Matsudaira Shigekatsu (Lord of Sanjo Castle) as attendant elders. The shogunate's objectives in transferring Tadateru to Fukushima Castle were to subjugate the powerful outside daimyo, the Maeda clan of Kaga, to consolidate the Tokugawa clan in the Kanto area, and to secure a route for transporting gold and silver to Sado. Soon after taking possession of the domain, Tadateru established a horse-riding station and horse-riding inn for the development of the three Sado roads and the Hokuriku Kaido. He also granted salt retailing privileges to Tabata-cho under Fukushima Castle, encouraged the establishment of towns, the opening of new fields and new beaches, and promoted the donation of land for temples and shrines. In 1616, the shogunate transferred Tadateru to Takada Castle (Joetsu City), and when the Siege of Osaka broke out, he was ordered to remain in Edo Castle, but in 1616, he was stripped of his title for being late to the battle and for killing two shogun Hidetada's vassals during the Summer Siege of Osaka. After being exiled to Asakuma in Ise Province (Mie Prefecture), he was transferred to the custody of Hida Takayama Castle and Shinshu Suwa Castle.

(Akio Yokoyama)

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

Japanese:

没年：天和3.7.3(1683.8.24)
生年：文禄1.1.4(1592.2.16)
江戸初期の大名。越後高田藩主。徳川家康の6男。母は茶阿の局。幼名辰千代。慶長4(1599)年武蔵国深谷(埼玉県)1万石の城主となり,7年下総国(千葉県)佐倉4万石の城主。8年信濃(長野県)川中島14万石の城主。11年仙台藩主伊達政宗の娘五郎八を妻に迎えた。15年閏2月越後国福島城(新潟県上越市)城主となり,越後・信濃両国に45万石を支配した。幕府は周辺の大名,村上頼勝(村上藩主),溝国宣勝(新発田藩主)を忠輝の与力とし,また付家老として大久保長安のほか,松平重勝(三条城主)を加えた。幕府の忠輝の福島城移封の目的は,外様大名の雄・加賀前田氏を制すること,関東周辺を徳川一門で固めること,および佐渡運上金銀の輸送路の確保などにあった。忠輝は入封すると間もなく,佐渡3道や北陸街道の整備のために,伝馬定,伝馬宿書出しなどを設けている。また福島城下の田端町に塩小売りの特権を与えたり,町立て,新田開き,新浜開きを奨励し,寺社領の寄進を進めた。19年幕府によって高田城(上越市)に移され,大坂の陣が起こると,江戸城留守居を命ぜられたが,大坂夏の陣への参加に当たり,戦闘に遅れたこと,将軍秀忠の旗本ふたりを殺したことを理由に元和2(1616)年改易に処された。伊勢国(三重県)朝熊に配流のあと,飛騨高山城主,信州諏訪城主と預け先も移された。

(横山昭男)

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