Tamura Muneyoshi(Điền thôn tông lương,June 11, 1637 – May 16, 1678)was a JapanesedaimyōofIwanuma DomaininMutsu Provinceof early-Edo periodJapan[1]
Tamura Muneyoshi | |
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| Điền thôn tông lương | |
| Born | June 11, 1637 |
| Died | May 16, 1678(aged 40) Edo,Japan |
| Burial place | Tōzen-ji,Takanawa,Edo |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Spouse | daughter of Yamaguchi Shigeyuki |
| Children | Tamura Tatsuaki |
| Parents |
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| Daimyō ofIwanuma Domain | |
| In office 1660–1671 | |
Muneyoshi was the third son ofDate Tadamune,the 2nddaimyōofSendai Domain.His mother, Fusa, was aconcubineand the daughter of Mitamura Matauemon. His childhood name wasKamechiyo(Quy thiên đại).[2]From 1639, under his father's orders, he was raised bySuzuki Motonobu,a vassal of Sendai Domain, inŌsaki,Shida District,as heir to the Suzuki clan.[2]In 1649, at the time of hisgenpukuceremony, he changed his name toSuzuki Muneyoshi(Linh mộc tông lương).
However, in 1653, theTamura clanwas revived, as requested byMegohime(Muneyoshi's grandmother,Date Masamune's wife) via her will, and Muneyoshi became Tamura Muneyoshi, with holdings totalling 10,000kokuinIwagasaki,Kurihara,in what is nowMiyagi Prefecture.[1]
In 1658, following the death ofDate Tadamune,the seconddaimyōofSendai Domain.Sendai Domain was inherited by the young and impressionableDate Tsunamune,and the clan elders appointed Muneyoshi and his half-brother,Date Munekatsuas guardians. In 1660, Muneyoshi gained an additional 20,000kokuin what is nowIchinoseki,along with the courtesy title ofUkyō-no-daifuandCourt rankof Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Munekatsu's daughter-in-law was the daughter ofTairōSakai Tadakiyo.Through these connections, the Date Munekatsu and Tamura Muneyoshi accused Tadamune of drunkenness and debauchery, who then removed from office for misrule and was confined to a secondary clan residence in Edo.[3]
The infantDate Tsunamurawas madedaimyōof Sendai under the guardianship of his uncles. In 1662, Muneyoshi transferred his seat to what is now the city ofIwanuma, Miyagiand officially becamedaimyōof Iwanuma Domain, a subsidiary domain of Sendai, based in what is now the city ofIwanuma, Miyagi.He received the courtesy title ofOki-no-kamiin 1670. According towaka poetrywritten about him, Muneyoshi had a mild personality and was popular, in contrast to the events of theDate Sōdō.
The ten years during which Date Munekatsu and Tamura Muneyoshi ruled in place of the under-age Date Tsunamura were marked by violence and conflict in Sendai Domain. Events reached a climax in 1671 whenAki Muneshige,a powerful relative of the Date clan, complained to theshogunateof the mismanagement of the fief under Tsunamura and his uncles. In the ensuringDate Sōdō,Muneyoshi was relieved of his offices in 1671 and placed underhouse arrest.He was pardoned in 1672. In 1678, he died at the clan's Edo residence at the age of 42. He died at age 42, and his grave is at the clan mortuary temple ofTōzen-jiinTakanawa,Edo.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^abPapinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph.(1906).Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon;Papinot, (2003).( "Tamura,"Nobiliare du Japon,p. 59 [PDF 63 of 80];retrieved 2013-6-13.
- ^abŌshima Kōichi,Ichinoseki Domain (Clan Stories Series),ISBN4-7684-7106-4,page 13
- ^Sansom, George Bailey (1963).A History of Japan, 1615-1867.Stamford University Press. pp. 65–68.ISBN9780804705264.
External links
edit- "Ichinoseki" at Edo 300(in Japanese)
