Matsudaira Tadamasa

Emblem (mon) of the Matsudaira clan

Matsudaira Tadamasa (松平忠昌, 21 January 1598 – 20 September 1645) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.^[1]

Biography

Tadamasa was the second son of Yūki Hideyasu.^[1] He became the clan leader and head of Fukui Domain in 1622 when his older brother was banished to Ogiwara in Bungo Province.^[1]

Kamiyashiki of Matsudaira Tadamasa as depicted in the Edo-zu byōbu screens (17th century)

He had a magnificent upper residence (kamiyashiki) constructed outside Edo Castle.

1 2 3 Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Matsudaira" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 30; retrieved 2013-4-9.

Preceded by ______	Daimyō of Anegasaki 1607–1615	Succeeded by Matsudaira Naomasa
Preceded by Tokugawa Yorifusa	Daimyō of Shimotsuma 1615–1616	Succeeded by Matsudaira Sadatsuna
Preceded by Matsudaira Tadateru	Daimyō of Matsushiro 1616–1618	Succeeded by Sakai Tadakatsu
Preceded by Sakai Tadakatsu	Daimyō of Takada 1618–1623	Succeeded by Matsudaira Mitsunaga
Preceded by Matsudaira Tadanao	Daimyō of Fukui 1623–1645	Succeeded by Matsudaira Mitsumichi

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