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Mizuno Tadakuni (水野 忠邦, July 19, 1794 – March 12, 1851) was a daimyō during late-Edo period Japan, who later served as chief senior councilor in service to the Tokugawa shogunate. He is remembered for having instituted the Tenpō Reforms .
Jul 19, 1998 · Mizuno Tadakuni was the chief adviser to Tokugawa Ieyoshi (reigned 1837–53), 12th Tokugawa shogun, or military dictator, of Japan. Mizuno was responsible for the Tempō reforms, the Tokugawa shogunate’s final effort to halt the growing social and economic decline that was undermining its rule.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
As Chief Senior Councillor to the Tokugawa shogunate, Mizuno responded to the crisis engendered by famine, insurrection, and foreign pressure in the 1830s by instituting a comprehensive programme of social, political, and economic measures known collectively as the Tempo reform.
Tadakuni MIZUNO was a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) and roju (senior councilor of the Tokugawa shogunate) who lived during the Edo Period. From birth to a lord of the Karatsu and Hamamatsu Domains. Tadakuni was born as the second son to the third lord of the Karatsu Domain, Tadaaki MIZUNO, on June 23, 1794.
Mizuno Tadakuni was a senior official in the Edo government and the ruler of Hamamatsu Domain during 1817 to 1845. He is famous for his unsuccessful Tenpo Reforms.
Jul 19, 1998 · Initiated by Mizuno Tadakuni, chief adviser to the shogun, the Tempō reforms emphasized frugality in governmental and personal affairs; many officials were eliminated from the administration, and lewd works of art and literature were censored.
Mizuno Tadakuni. For the 18th century official, see Mizuno Tadakuni (kanjo bugyo). Born: 1794. Died: 1851. Mizuno Tadakuni was among the most influential rôjû of the Edo period, serving in that position in the 1840s and effecting a number of controversial policies.
