Matsudaira Yoritaka
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was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo Period
who served as daimyo of Shishido han. Retiring early, he was succeeded by his son Matsudaira Yorinori
, but Yoritaka returned to headship following Yorinori's death in 1864. Though the domain was abolished following its involvement in the chaos of the Tengu-tō revolt of 1864, the new Satsuma-Chōshu centered government of the Meiji Emperor forgave Shishido, and allowed Yoritaka to retake his former holdings. Becoming han chiji (domainal governor) by Imperial order in 1869, he remained in that position until the abolition of the domains in 1871. After that he became a Shinto priest and was famed as a prolific writer. His son Matsudaira Yoriyasu succeeded him as family head in 1880. Yoritaka's granddaughter Natsuko (the daughter of Nagai Iwanojō, son of the famous Nagai Naoyuki
), is famous as the grandmother of Mishima Yukio. Under the new system of nobility, Yoritaka became a viscount (shishaku 子爵).
Yoritaka died in 1886, at age 77.
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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....
who served as daimyo of Shishido han. Retiring early, he was succeeded by his son Matsudaira Yorinori
Matsudaira Yorinori
; was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who served as lord of Shishido han . Succeeded following the retirement of his father Yoritaka. Accompanied Tokugawa Iemochi to Kyoto in 1864, and then went to Mito to deal with the uprising of the Tengu-tō...
, but Yoritaka returned to headship following Yorinori's death in 1864. Though the domain was abolished following its involvement in the chaos of the Tengu-tō revolt of 1864, the new Satsuma-Chōshu centered government of the Meiji Emperor forgave Shishido, and allowed Yoritaka to retake his former holdings. Becoming han chiji (domainal governor) by Imperial order in 1869, he remained in that position until the abolition of the domains in 1871. After that he became a Shinto priest and was famed as a prolific writer. His son Matsudaira Yoriyasu succeeded him as family head in 1880. Yoritaka's granddaughter Natsuko (the daughter of Nagai Iwanojō, son of the famous Nagai Naoyuki
Nagai Naoyuki
, also known as or , was a Japanese samurai and Tokugawa retainer during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods.-Early life:Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to . Noritada, while head of a collateral branch of the Tokugawa, was...
), is famous as the grandmother of Mishima Yukio. Under the new system of nobility, Yoritaka became a viscount (shishaku 子爵).
Yoritaka died in 1886, at age 77.
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