Matsudaira Tadamasa

In this Japanese name, the family name is Matsudaira.

Emblem (mon) of the Matsudaira clan

Matsudaira Tadamasa (松平忠昌, 21 January 1598 – 20 September 1645) was a Japanese daimyo 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 ______	Daimyo of Anegasaki 1607-1615	Succeeded by Matsudaira Naomasa
Preceded by Tokugawa Yorifusa	Daimyo of Shimotsuma 1615-1616	Succeeded by Matsudaira Sadatsuna
Preceded by Matsudaira Tadateru	Daimyo of Matsushiro 1616-1618	Succeeded by Sakai Tadakatsu
Preceded by Sakai Tadakatsu	Daimyo of Takada 1618-1623	Succeeded by Matsudaira Mitsunaga
Preceded by Matsudaira Tadanao	Daimyo of Fukui 1623-1645	Succeeded by Matsudaira Mitsumichi

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