Masatsugu Miura

Japanese: 三浦正次 - みうら・まさつぐ

Year of death: Kan'ei 18 (1641)
Year of birth: 1599
A daimyo in the early Edo period. Commonly known as Jintaro and Sahyoe, his official title was Shima no Kami, his father was Masashige, his mother was the daughter of Doi Toshimasa, and his maternal uncle was Doi Toshikatsu. He was attached to Tokugawa Iemitsu at a young age. In 1622 he became the head of the page group, and in 1624 he became the head of the Shoin program. In 1694 he was granted an additional stipend of 10,000 koku and became a daimyo. After Hidetada's death in 1617 he was designated a trusted vassal of Iemitsu, and in 1618 he became one of the Rokuninshu (later Wakadoshiyori) along with Matsudaira Nobutsuna, Abe Tadaaki, Hotta Masamori, Ota Sukemune, and Abe Shigetsugu. In 1720 he traveled to the Shimabara Rebellion as an envoy. In 1721 he was given Mibu Castle in Shimotsuke (Tochigi Prefecture) and was given a stipend of 25,000 koku. He was a typical new fudai daimyo who was originally a close attendant of Iemitsu.

(Yasuyoshi Shiraga)

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

Japanese:

没年：寛永18(1641)
生年：慶長4(1599)
江戸前期の大名。通称は甚太郎,左兵衛,官職名は志摩守,父は正重,母は土井利昌の娘,母方の叔父は土井利勝。幼くして徳川家光に付属される。元和8(1622)年小姓組組頭,寛永1(1624)年書院番組頭となる。7年加増を得て1万石を領知し大名となる。9年秀忠死後,家光の近臣と定められ,10年松平信綱,阿部忠秋,堀田正盛,太田資宗,阿部重次と共に六人衆(のちの若年寄)となる。15年島原の乱のとき上使として現地へ赴く。16年下野(栃木県)壬生城を賜り2万5000石を領知した。家光近習出身の典型的新参譜代大名のひとり。

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