Matsudaira Saku
Encyclopedia
;. Japanese figure of the mid-19th century. The daughter of Tashiro Genbei of Edo, she became the concubine of the Aizu
lord Matsudaira Katamori
, and gave birth to several of his children.
Aizu
is an area comprising the westernmost third of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. The principal city of the area is Aizuwakamatsu.During the Edo period, Aizu was a feudal domain known as and part of Mutsu Province.-History:...
lord Matsudaira Katamori
Matsudaira Katamori
was a samurai who lived in the last days of the Edo period and the early to mid Meiji period. He was the 9th daimyo of the Aizu han and the Military Commissioner of Kyoto during the Bakumatsu period. During the Boshin War, Katamori and the Aizu han fought against the Meiji Government armies, but...
, and gave birth to several of his children.
Source
- Tsunabuchi Kenjō, ed. Matsudaira Katamori no Subete. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1984.