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Matsudaira Yoshinaga (松平 慶永, October 10, 1828 – June 2, 1890), also known as Matsudaira Keiei, or better known as Matsudaira Shungaku (春嶽) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period. He was head of Fukui Domain in Echizen Province.
May 29, 2024 · Matsudaira Yoshinaga was one of the primary Japanese political figures in the events preceding the Meiji Restoration—i.e., the 1868 overthrow of the feudal Tokugawa shogunate and the establishment of a centralized regime under the Japanese emperor.
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Famous Yūki-Matsudaira include Matsudaira Naritami and Matsudaira Yoshinaga, two daimyōs of the late Edo period. Matsudaira Yoshinaga in particular was very important to Japanese politics of the early Meiji period, and his leadership put the Fukui Domain on the side of the victors in the Boshin War (1868–69).
Lord of the Fukui Clan in the final days of the Tokugawa regime. Born in Tokyo as a son of Narikuni, the third head of the Tayasu Family, one of the three important Tokugawa families supporting the Shogun. He became heir of Nariyoshi Matsudaira, lord of the Fukui Clan.
Matsudaira Yoshinaga, (松平慶永, 1829-1890), also called Keiei in Sino-Japanese, played an important role in the Meiji Restoration. He was later ennobled with the title of Prince, the equivalent of a Duke (公爵 kōshaku). A collateral branch resided in Itoigawa (Echigo) from 1717 to 1868 with 10,000 koku. After 1868 Viscount.
Matsudaira Yoshinaga (松平 慶永, October 10, 1828 – June 2, 1890), also known as Matsudaira Keiei, or better known as Matsudaira Shungaku (春嶽) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period. He was head of the Fukui Domain in Echizen Province.
Nov 25, 2013 · His grandfather, Matsudaira Yoshinaga (1828–90), was the feudal lord of the Fukui domain. In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, Yoshinaga called for a merger of the shogunate and the ...
