Matsudaira Yasumasa (松平 康正), better known as Matsudaira Daini (松平 大弐, 1823 – 11 September 1864), was a Kaga samurai of the Bakumatsu who served as a karō to the Maeda clan.[1] His common names were Tetsukichirō (鉄吉郎) and Genba (玄蕃).[2]
| Matsudaira Daini | |
|---|---|
| Era | Bakumatsu |
| Birth date | 1823 |
| Death date | September 11, 1864 (aged 40–41) |
| Other name(s) | Matsudaira Yasumasa, Tetsukichirō, Genba |
| Grave place(s) | Myōkei-ji (妙慶寺), Kanazawa, Ishikawa Shōgyōin (正行院), Makino, Shiga |
| Shogunate(s) | Tokugawa shogunate |
| Lord(s) | Maeda Nariyasu |
| Domain(s) | Kaga Domain |
| Clan(s) | Matsudaira clan |
| Father , Mother | Father: Matsudaira Kyūbee |
Biography edit
Daini was born as the second son of Matsudaira Kyūbee (松平 久兵衛), a karō of Kaga Domain, in 1823.[3] The Matsudaira family, as retainers to the Maeda clan, held 4,000 koku within Kaga. Daini watched over Komatsu Castle from 1856, and was a bugyō to Maeda Yoshiyasu, the heir to the fiefdom of Kaga, from 1860. He became a karō in 1863, and went to Kyoto in 1864.[4]
As a soba yōnin (側用人), Daini accompanied Yoshiyasu to Kyoto in an attempt for mediation between the Chōshū samurai and the Tokugawa shogunate at the time of the Kinmon incident in 1864. The mediation failed, and in the ensuing battle, Yoshiyasu fled Kyoto. Maeda Nariyasu, Yoshiyasu's father, placed Yoshiyasu under house arrest. Daini took responsibility for Yoshiyasu's role in the Kinmon incident, and was forced to perform seppuku with Sagawa Yoshisuke as his kaishakunin. Yoshisuke recounted the circumstances of Daini's seppuku in his diary.[5][6] Daini is interred at Shōgyōin (正行院) in Makino, Shiga,[7][8] while his head is enshrined at Myōkei-ji (妙慶寺) in Kanazawa.[9]
In 1879, buildings owned by the Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Hospital were built on the site where Daini's family once resided.[10]
References edit
- ^ Japanese Biographical Index. Walter de Gruyter. 2013-02-06. p. 489. ISBN 9783110947984.
- ^ "松平大弐" [Matsudaira Daini]. Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "Nodayama no bohi" 野田山の墓碑 [Tombstones of Nodayama]. The Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Rotary Club (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "Kaga-han to Kyōto" 加賀藩と京都 [Kaga Domain and Kyoto] (PDF). Kanazawa Umimirai Library (in Japanese). 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ Baxter, James C. (1994). The Meiji Unification Through the Lens of Ishikawa Prefecture. Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 42. ISBN 9780674564664.
- ^ "石川県史 第二編". ADEAC (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "Makinochō no ichibu mo Kaga-han no tobichidatta" マキノ町の一部も加賀藩の飛地だった [Part of Makino town was also a destination for Kaga Domain]. 石川滋賀県人会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "正行院" [Shōgyōin]. 幕末維新 史跡観光 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ Ogawa, Yuriko (2019-12-26). "Shiatoru de uketsuga reru Matsudaira-ke" シアトルで受け継がれる松平家 [The Matsudaira Family of Seattle]. The North American Post (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- ^ "Brief Chronology of Kanazawa University's 150 Years" (PDF). Kanazawa University. 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2019-05-15.