Matsudaira Tadanao - Matsudaira Tadanao

A feudal lord in the early Edo period. He was the eldest son of Yuki Hideyasu, the older brother of the second shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada. His mother was the daughter of Nakagawa Kazushige. In 1607 (Keicho 12), he inherited his father Hideyasu's territory, Fukui Castle in Echizen Province (said to have 670,000 koku), and in 1611 he married Shogun Hidetada's third daughter. In 1615 (Genwa 1), he achieved great success by killing Sanada Yukimura and others during the Summer Siege of Osaka. As a result, he was promoted to Sangi Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in the same year, but there was no increase in his territory. He was dissatisfied with the small reward, and after that he indulged in alcohol and sex, and he gained a reputation for cruelty within his territory. Also, on his way to Edo for work, he would sometimes return to his own country without permission and would not return to Edo for several years, so in 1890, he was exiled to Bungo Hagiwara (Oita City) and placed under the watch of the shogunate's Bungo Metsuke (Inspector of Bungo) for causing chaos in the domain's administration (Echizen Disturbances). In Bungo, he was provided with 5,000 koku to live on, and died there. This was seen as the result of oppression by his superior family, the son of Shogun Hidetada's older brother. His debauchery before his punishment became famous when Kikuchi Kan wrote a novel called "The Gyojyo-ki of Tadanao Kyo," but it is not necessarily historical fact.

[Ueno Shuji]

"Matsudaira Tadanao" by Kanai En (included in "Daimyo Retsuden 3" 1967, Jinbutsu Oraisha)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸前期の大名。2代将軍徳川秀忠(ひでただ)の兄結城秀康(ゆうきひでやす)の長男。母は中川一茂(かずしげ)の娘。1607年（慶長12）父秀康の領地越前(えちぜん)国福井城（67万石といわれる）を相続し、11年将軍秀忠の三女を娶(めと)る。15年（元和1）の大坂夏の陣では真田幸村(さなだゆきむら)らを討ち取り大功をたてた。その結果同年参議従三位(じゅさんみ)に進むが領地の加増はなく、恩賞の少なさに不満を抱き、その後酒色にふけり、領内で残忍な行為があるとの評判がたった。また江戸へ参勤する途中、無断で国へ帰ったりして江戸へ出府しないことが数年続いたりしたので、藩政の乱れを理由に23年豊後萩原(ぶんごはぎわら)（大分市）に流され、幕府の豊後目付(めつけ)の監視下に置かれた（越前騒動）。豊後では5000石を生活のために支給され、当地で死んだ。いわば将軍秀忠の兄の子という優越した家の抑圧の結果とみられる。なお処罰前の乱行について菊池寛が小説『忠直卿(きょう)行状記』を著したので有名となるが、かならずしも史実ではない。

［上野秀治］

『金井圓著「松平忠直」（『大名列伝 3』所収・1967・人物往来社）』

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