Fukui Domain
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Echizen Province
was an old province of Japan, which is today the northern part of Fukui Prefecture. It was sometimes called , with Etchū and Echigo Provinces.Echizen is famous for washi . A text dated AD 774 mentions the washi made in this area. Echizen-produced Washi is still the most commonly sold traditional...
of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(present-day Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed...
) during the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
. It is also sometimes called . The family name of the heads of the domain is "Matsudaira".
List of heads
- HideyasuYuki Hideyasuwas a Japanese daimyo who lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. Born the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he established the Echizen Fukui Domain.-Birth:...
- TadanaoMatsudaira Tadanaowas a Japanese daimyo who ruled the Echizen-Fukui Domain in the early Edo period. Tadanao was born Matsudaira Senchiyo, the eldest son of Yūki Hideyasu, by his concubine Lady Nakagawa. As his father Hideyasu died in 1607, Senchiyo assumed headship in the same year, taking the name Tadanao...
- TadamasaMatsudaira Tadamasawas a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period. The 2nd son of Yūki Hideyasu, he succeeded the family headship following his brother Tadanao's forced retirement.He had a magnificent residence constructed outside Edo Castle.-References:...
(name changed to Fukui during Tadamasa's tenure) - MitsumichiMatsudaira Mitsumichiwas a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period who ruled the Fukui Domain. The second son of Matsudaira Tadamasa, he was the second lord of the domain after its official name change to Fukui.-Biography:...
- MasachikaMatsudaira Masachikawas a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period who ruled the Fukui domain twice, from 1674-1676 and from 1686-1710.-As Matsudaira Masachika:Masachika was born on May 31, 1640, the 5th son of Matsudaira Tadamasa. In 1645, when his brother Mitsumichi succeeded their father as lord of Fukui, Masachika...
- TsunamasaMatsudaira Tsunamasawas a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period who ruled the Fukui Domain. Born in Edo, the eldest son of Matsudaira Masakatsu . After the succession dispute with his uncle Masachika, the latter resigned, and allowed Tsunamasa to become lord of Fukui...
- Yoshinori (was MasachikaMatsudaira Masachikawas a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period who ruled the Fukui domain twice, from 1674-1676 and from 1686-1710.-As Matsudaira Masachika:Masachika was born on May 31, 1640, the 5th son of Matsudaira Tadamasa. In 1645, when his brother Mitsumichi succeeded their father as lord of Fukui, Masachika...
, changed his name upon re-assuming headship) - YoshikuniMatsudaira Yoshikuni (Fukui)was a Japanese daimyo of the mid Edo period who ruled the Fukui Domain. 6th son of Matsudaira Masakatsu. Born in Edo in 1681, he was first known as Katsuchiyo. Famed as a lover of sumo...
- MunemasaMatsudaira Munemasawas a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Fukui Domain. He succeeded to the headship of the Matsudaira family of Matsuoka, before being chosen as the next lord of the Fukui Domain. Upon becoming lord of Fukui, Matsuoka ceased to exist and its holdings were reabsorbed into the Fukui...
- Munenori
- ShigemasaMatsudaira Shigemasa' was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Fukui Domain.-References:...
- Shigetomi
- HaruyoshiMatsudaira Haruyoshi' was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Fukui Domain.-References:...
- NaritsuguMatsudaira Naritsugu' was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period who ruled the Fukui Domain.-References:...
- NarisawaMatsudaira Narisawawas a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Fukui Domain. He was the 22nd son of Tokugawa Ienari....
- YoshinagaMatsudaira Yoshinaga, also known as Matsudaira Keiei, was the 14th head of Fukui Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and politician of the Meiji era. "Yoshinaga" is his imina and "Shungaku" is his gō...
(r. 1838-1858) - MochiakiMatsudaira MochiakiMarquis was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period. He first ruled the Itoigawa Domain, before being adopted by Matsudaira Yoshinaga as his successor for the position of ruler of the Fukui Domain...
(r. 1858-1871)