Matsudaira Yoritaka (Shishido), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Matsudaira Yoritaka (Shishido)

[松平頼位] daimyo of the late Edo period; 8th and 10th lord of Shishido

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1810

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1886

Profession: writer, samurai

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Matsudaira Yoritaka (?? ??, March 17, 1810 – December 17, 1886) was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period who served as daimyo of Shishido han.
Retiring early, he was succeeded by his son Matsudaira Yorinori, but Yoritaka returned to headship following Yorinori's death in 1864.
Though the domain was abolished following its involvement in the chaos of the Tengu-to (???) "Tengu Party" revolt of 1864, the new Satsuma-Choshu centered government of the Meiji Emperor forgave Shishido, and allowed Yoritaka to retake his former holdings.
Becoming han chiji (domainal governor) by Imperial order in 1869, he remained in that position until the abolition of the domains in 1871.
After that he became a Shinto priest and was famed as a prolific writer.
His son Matsudaira Yoriyasu (?? ??, 1856–1940) succeeded him as family head in 1880.
Yoritaka's granddaughter Natsu (the daughter of Matsudaira Ko (?? ?, 1858–1923) and Nagai Iwanojo (?? ???, 1845–1907), son of the famous Nagai Naoyuki), is famous as the grandmother of Mishima Yukio.
Under the new system of nobility, Yoriyasu became a viscount (shishaku ??).Yoritaka died in December 1886, at age 76.