Matsudaira Narisawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese daimyo
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Place of Birth: Edo, Japan
About Matsudaira Narisawa
- Matsudaira Narisawa (?? ??, 31 October 1820 – 15 September 1838) was the 15th daimyo of Fukui Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate in Echizen Province.Narisawa was born in Edo as the 22nd son of Shogun Tokugawa Ienari.
- His mother was a concubine, Ohachi no Kata (later known as Honrin'in; d.
- 1850).
- His childhood name was Taminosuke (???) or Sensaburo (???) In 1835, when Matsudaira Naritsugu (who was his brother-in-law from his sister, Asahime) died without an heir, he was chosen by the shogunate to become daimyo of Fukui Domain.
- At that time, his court rank was raised from Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade to Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade and he was granted the courtesy title of Echizen-no-kami.
- This was raised to Sakon'e-no-chujo in 1837. He had poor health since childhood.
- He departed Edo for his domain in June 1838, but died shortly after reaching Fukui in September of the same year.
- Under most circumstances, this would have been cause for attainder of the domain; however, through the quick intervention of Asahime, a cousin (Matsudaira Shungaku) was chosen as his posthumous successor, and the official date of Narisawa's death was changed to show that a successor had been appointed before he died. During the short period that he was daimyo, Narisawa had no impact on domain affairs.
- The domain made an official petition to have its kokudaka raised in 1835 due to financial difficulties and its 900,000 ryo debt, but this petition was refused.
- In 1837, the domain's Edo residence burned down, and was 20,000 ryo loan was obtained from the shogunate for its reconstruction.
- The same year, a crop failure in Fukui resulted in another 10,000 ryo loan, and a further 20,000 ryo was extended the following year for Asahime's retirement residence.
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