was daimyō

Daimyo

is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...

 of Tateyama Domain

Tateyama Domain

was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Awa Province , Japan. It was centered on Tateyama Castle in what is now the city of Tateyama, Chiba.-History:...

 during late-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....

 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...

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Biography

Inaba Masatake was the fourth son of the previous daimyō of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masaaki

Inaba Masaaki

was daimyō of Tateyama Domain during late-Edo period Japan.-Biography:Inaba Masaaki was the third son of the daimyō of Yodo Domain in Yamashiro Province, Inaba Masachika On his father’s death, he received a 3000 koku stipend and was allowed to establish his own hatamoto household...

. On the death of his elder brother, Inaba Masanori in 1788, he was appointed heir. He succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of daimyō of Tateyama on the forced retirement of his father the following year. He is noting for having completed the Tateyama Jin'ya

Jin'ya

During the Edo period of Japanese history, a was the administrative headquarters of a small domain or parcel of land held by the Tokugawa shogunate, as well as the residence of the head of the administration, and the associated grain storehouse. While larger domains had castles, certain smaller...

, a fortified residence next to the site of Tateyama Castle

Tateyama Castle

is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the former rulers of Awa Province, the Satomi clan...

, which become the seat of the Tateyama Inaba clan until the Meiji Restoration

Meiji Restoration

The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868...

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Inaba Masatake was married to a daughter of Tanuma Okitomo, daimyō of Sagara Domain

Sagara Domain

' was a Japanese feudal domain of the Edo period, located in Tōtōmi Province. Yokosuka was a Fudai domain. It was centered in what is now the Sagara district of Makinohara city, Shizuoka Prefecture.-History:...

 in Suruga Province

Suruga Province

was an old province in the area that is today the central part of Shizuoka prefecture. It was sometimes called . Suruga bordered on Izu, Kai, Sagami, Shinano, and Tōtōmi provinces; and had access to the Pacific Ocean through Suruga Bay.-History:...

. He retired from public life in 1812, turning Tateyama Domain over to his son, Inaba Masamori

Inaba Masamori

was daimyō of Tateyama Domain during the late-Edo period Japan.-Biography:Inaba Masamori was the eldest son of the previous daimyō of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masatake. On the retirement of his father in 1812, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of daimyō of Tateyama....

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