Ōkubo Tadamasa
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was the 4th daimyō
of Odawara Domain
in Sagami Province
, (modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture
) in mid-Edo period
Japan
. His courtesy title was Kaga no Kami.
, the 2nd daimyō of Odawara, and was born at the domain’s residence in Edo
. He became clan leader and daimyō of Odawara on the death of his father in 1713. At the time, 6,000 koku
of his revenues were transferred to his younger brother.
Tadamasa faced the daunting task of attempting to reduce the massive debt incurred by his father to the Tokugawa shogunate
due to the Great Genroku earthquake
and the Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji
, and associated aftershocks, crop failures and floods. Although he encouraged the migration of artisans to Odawara and the opening of new rice lands, high taxation and increasingly severe inflation led to civil unrest in Odawara-juku
. Tadamasa died of illness on November 20, 1732 at the domain’s Edo residence, His grave is at the clan temple of Saisho-ji in Setagaya, Tokyo
.
Tadamasa was married to an adopted daughter of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
, the senior advisor to Shogun
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
.
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 Odawara Domain
Odawara Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in western Sagami Province. It was centered on Odawara Castle in what is now the city of Odawara.-History:...
in Sagami Province
Sagami Province
was an old province in the area that is today the central and western Kanagawa prefecture. It was sometimes called . Sagami bordered on Izu, Musashi, Suruga provinces; and had access to the Pacific Ocean through Sagami Bay...
, (modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
) in mid-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...
. His courtesy title was Kaga no Kami.
Biography
Ōkubo Tadamasa was the 6th son of Ōkubo TadamasuŌkubo Tadamasu
was daimyō of Odawara Domain in Sagami Province, in early Edo period Japan.-Biography:Ōkubo Tadamasu was a son of Ōkubo Tadatomo, daimyō of Odawara Domain. In 1681, he was appointed a Sōshaban at Edo Castle, and rose to the position of Jisha-bugyō on July 22, 1685...
, the 2nd daimyō of Odawara, and was born at the domain’s residence in Edo
Edo
, also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868...
. He became clan leader and daimyō of Odawara on the death of his father in 1713. At the time, 6,000 koku
Koku
The is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres. The koku was originally defined as a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year...
of his revenues were transferred to his younger brother.
Tadamasa faced the daunting task of attempting to reduce the massive debt incurred by his father to the Tokugawa shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...
due to the Great Genroku earthquake
1703 Genroku earthquake
The occurred at 02:00 local time on December 31 . The epicenter was near Edo, the forerunner of present-day Tokyo, in the southern part of the Kantō Region, Japan. It shook Edo and an estimated 2,300 people were killed by the shaking and subsequent fires...
and the Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji
Hoei eruption of Mount Fuji
The started on December 16, 1707 and ended about January 1, 1708 during the Edo period. Although it brought no lava flow, the Hoei eruption released some 800 million cubic meters of volcanic ash, which spread over vast areas around the volcano, even reaching Edo almost 100 km away...
, and associated aftershocks, crop failures and floods. Although he encouraged the migration of artisans to Odawara and the opening of new rice lands, high taxation and increasingly severe inflation led to civil unrest in Odawara-juku
Odawara-juku
was the ninth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was the first post station in a castle town that travelers came to when they exited Edo in Edo period Japan....
. Tadamasa died of illness on November 20, 1732 at the domain’s Edo residence, His grave is at the clan temple of Saisho-ji in Setagaya, Tokyo
Setagaya, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English...
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Tadamasa was married to an adopted daughter of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period He was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate and he was a favorite of the fifth shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi....
, the senior advisor to Shogun
Shogun
A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
was the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, thus making him the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu....
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