Takahiro Matsumae

The lord of Matsumae Domain in the late Edo period and the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The sixth son of the 9th lord Matsumae Akihiro. Born on November 15, 1822. His childhood name was Einosuke, then Tamekichi, and after assuming the title he changed his name to Takahiro. In 1849 (Kaei 2), he took over the title when the lord Masahiro retired, but in the same year he was given a special order by the shogunate to be the lord of the castle and ordered to build a new castle. The new castle was completed in 1854 (Ansei 1) and was called Fukuyama Castle. However, with the opening of the port of Hakodate the following year, in 1855, most of his former territories, except for those surrounding the castle, became Shogunate territory, and a total of 30,000 koku was allocated to Yanagawa, Date County, Mutsu Province (Fukushima Prefecture) and Higashine, Murayama County, Dewa Province (Yamagata Prefecture) as replacement territories. In 1863 (Bunkyu 3), he was appointed as the Shogunate's Magistrate of Temples and Shrines, but resigned soon after. In July of the following year, 1864 (Genji 1), he became a Roju-ranked member of the Council of Elders and Chief Magistrate of the Navy and Army (the following year he became Chief Commander of the Navy and Army), and in November he was appointed as a Roju. After that, he worked together with Abe Masato, a senior councilor who advocated the expansion of the shogunate's power, and in 1865 (Keio 1), he was dismissed by imperial decree along with Abe over the issue of opening the port of Hyogo.The following year, he returned to his domain and died in Matsumae on April 25th.

[Susumu Enomori]

"Newly compiled Hokkaido History, Volume 2, General Theory 1" (1937, Hokkaido Prefectural Government) ▽ "Newly compiled Narrative Domain History, Volume 1" edited by Kanai En and Murai Masuo (1975, Shinjinbutsu Oraisha)

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江戸後期、幕末の松前藩主。第9代藩主松前章広(あきひろ)の第6子。文政(ぶんせい)12年11月15日生まれ。幼名を盈之助(えいのすけ)、ついで為吉(ためきち)と称し、襲封後崇広(たかひろ)と改めた。1849年（嘉永2）藩主昌広(まさひろ)の致仕により襲封したが、同年幕府より特旨をもって城主に列せられ、新城の築城を命ぜられた。新城は1854年（安政1）に完成、福山城と称した。しかし、箱館(はこだて)開港に伴い翌1855年、城付地以外の旧領地の大部分が幕領となり、替地として陸奥(むつ)国伊達(だて)郡梁川(やながわ)（福島県）、出羽(でわ)国村山郡東根(ひがしね)（山形県）に計3万石が宛行(あておこな)われた。1863年（文久3）幕府の寺社奉行(ぶぎょう)に任ぜられ、まもなく辞したが、翌1864年（元治1）7月老中格、海陸軍総奉行（翌年海陸軍総裁）となり11月老中に任ぜられた。以後、幕権拡張論者の老中阿部正外(あべまさと)と行動をともにし、1865年（慶応1）兵庫開港問題で阿部とともに勅旨によって罷免され、翌慶応(けいおう)2年帰藩し4月25日松前で没した。

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