Aoyama Tadatoshi

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Aoyama Tadatoshi (青山 忠俊) (1578-1643) was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Notes 3 References 4 Further Reading

[edit] Biography

Tadatoshi was the son of Aoyama Tadanari, a Tokugawa vassal of the Sengoku period who was born in Mikawa Province. Tadatoshi, like his father, was a Tokugawa vassal, and was famous for his role as the third shogun Iemitsu's teacher.

He became a daimyo in 1603, when Tokugawa Ieyasu granted him the domain of Edosaki.

[edit] Notes

Preceded by Ashina Morishige	Daimyo of Edosaki 1603-1620	Succeeded by Niwa Nagashige
Preceded by Kōriki Tadafusa	Daimyo of Iwatsuki 1620-1623	Succeeded by Abe Masatsugu
Preceded by Abe Masatsugu	Daimyo of Ōtaki 1623-1625	Succeeded by Abe Masayoshi

[edit] References

• (Japanese) Aoyama family history and biographical notes

[edit] Further Reading

• Bolitho, Harold (1974). Treasures among men; the fudai daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• Kodama Kōta 児玉幸多 , Kitajima Masamoto 北島正元 (1966). Kantō no shohan 関東の諸藩. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.