Hoshina Masayuki

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In this Japanese name, the family name is "Hoshina".

Hoshina Masayuki (保科正之, June 17, 1611 – February 4, 1673) was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, who was the founder of what became the Matsudaira house of Aizu. He was an important figure in the politics and philosophy of the early Tokugawa shogunate.

Hoshina Masayuki.

Biography

Anecdotes

Tokugawa Iemitsu asked the famed swordsman Miyamoto Musashi to paint a screen portraying wild ducks. This was to pass into the hands of Masayuki, who took it with him to Aizu, and kept it as one of his family treasures.

References

Noguchi, Shin'ichi (2005). Aizu-han. Tokyo: Gendai shokan.
Ooms, Herman (1975). Charismatic Bureaucrat: A Political Biography of Matsudaira Sadanobu, 1758-1829. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Tokitsu, Kenji (2004). Miyamoto Musashi - Life and Writings. Boston: Shambhala.

Further Reading

Kasuga, Tarō (1985). Hoshina Masayuki-kō: Edo bakusei no genrō: Aizu Wakamatsu-han no oya. Tokyo: Chōeisha: Hatsubaimoto Seiunsha.

External links

(Japanese)Page featuring the Hanitsu Shrine
(Japanese)Family background on the Hoshina clan

Preceded by Hoshina Masamitsu	Hoshina family head 1631-1669	Succeeded by Hoshina Masatsune
Preceded by Hoshina Masamitsu	Daimyo of Takatō 1631-1636	Succeeded by Torii Tadaharu
Preceded by Torii Tadatsune	Daimyo of Yamagata 1636-1643	Succeeded by Matsudaira Naomoto
Preceded by Katō Akinari	Daimyo of Aizu 1643-1669	Succeeded by Hoshina Masatsune

Persondata
Name	Hoshina Masayuki
Alternative names
Short description	Daimyo
Date of birth	1611
Place of birth
Date of death	1673
Place of death

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