Matsudaira Haruyoshi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Edo, Japan
About Matsudaira Haruyoshi
- Matsudaira Haruyoshi (?? ??, 11 May 1768 – 8 January 1826) was the 13th daimyo of Fukui Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate in Echizen Province.Haruyoshi was born in Edo as the eldest son of Matsudaira Shigetomi.
- His childhood name was Ogimaru (???).
- He underwent his genpuku ceremony in 1783 and received a kanji from Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu’s name to become Matsudaira Haruyoshi.
- At that time, his court rank was Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade.He became daimyo in 1799 on the retirement of his father, and gained the courtesy title of Sakon'e-gon-shojo.
- This courtesy title became Echizen-no-kami in 1802, and Sakon'e-no-chujo in 1811.
- In 1823, his court rank became Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade. His wife was a daughter of Tokugawa Munetake, of the Tayasu-Tokugawa family, one of the Gosankyo, the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa clan. His tenure was largely uneventful, and he is remembered for the creation of a han school in 1807 in Fukui specializing in medicine.
- However, the financial situation of the domain remained dire, and conditions were not helped by his luxurious lifestyle and the need to rebuild the domain’s Edo residence after a fire.
- In 1822, the domain declared that indigo would become a domain monopoly. In 1817, he arranged for the marriage of his eldest son and heir, Matsudaira Naritsugu to a daughter of Shogun Tokugawa Ienari.
- In 1818, the kokudaka of Fukui Domain was increased by 20,000 koku, bringing its total to 320,000 koku.
- He died in Edo in 1826.
- His graves are at the clan temple of Kaian-ji in Shinagawa Tokyo, and Unsho-ji in Fukui.
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