Yonekura Masayoshi

Yonekura Masayoshi (米倉昌由, December 8, 1777 – February 8, 1817) was the 5th daimyō of Mutsuura Domain in southern Musashi Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture) and 9th head of the Yonekura clan. His courtesy title was Tango-no-kami.

Biography

Yonekura Masayoshi was born as the 2nd son of a 3000 koku hatamoto of the Yonekura clan, and married a daughter of 4th daimyō of Mutsuura Domain (Yonekura Masakata). In 1798, upon Masakata’s death, he was selected as heir, and was confirmed to that position in an audience with Shogun Tokugawa Ienari in September of the same year. As daimyō, he was assigned to several ceremonial postings as guard of various gates to Edo Castle. However, on June 15, 1803 he claimed illness was retired, surrendering his title and official positions to his adopted son, Yonekura Masanori.

In May 1805, he took the tonsure, and died on February 8, 1817. His grave is at the temple of Hase-dera in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Masayoshi had a single daughter, and died without a male heir.

References

• (Japanese) "Mutsuura-han" on Edo 300 HTML (17 Feb. 2008)
• The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.