Itakura Shigenori (板倉 重矩, November 22, 1617 – July 13, 1673) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.[1] Shigenori's daimyō family claimed descent from the Shibukawa branch of the Seiwa Genji. The Itakura identified its clan origins in Mikawa Province, and the progeny of Katsuhige (1542–1624), including the descendants of his second son Shigemasa (1588–1638), were known as the elder branch of the clan. Katsuhige was Shingeori's grandfather; and Shigenori was the eldest son of Shigemasa.[2]
Itakura Shigenori | |
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| 2nd (Itakura) Lord of Fukōzu | |
| In office 1639–1639 | |
| Preceded by | Itakura Shigemasa |
| Succeeded by | none |
| 1st Lord of Mikawa-Nakajima | |
| In office 1639–1672 | |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | none |
| 1st (Itakura) Lord of Karasuyama | |
| In office 1672–1673 | |
| Preceded by | Hori Chikamasa |
| Succeeded by | Itakura Shigetane |
| 5th Kyoto Shoshidai | |
| In office 1668–1670 | |
| Preceded by | Makino Chikashige |
| Succeeded by | Nagai Naotsune |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1617 |
| Died | July 13, 1673 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Shigenori's youth was spent in Mikawa province. In 1615, Shigenori's father was granted yearly revenues from Mikawa in honor of his warrior conduct during the siege of Osaka.
Career of shogunate service
editShigenori was made governor of Osaka Castle[2] and then rōjū.[3] His served for a time as rōjū (1665–1668), and then he left Edo for Kyoto.[4]
He served as the shōgun's representative in the capital as the fourth Kyoto shoshidai in the period which spanned July 19, 1668 through April 3, 1670.[1] He returned to Edo for a second term as rōjū (1670–1673).[4] His service to the Tokugawa shogunate was serially rewarded in Fukōzu and Mikawa-Nakajima. In 1672, he was made daimyō of Karasuyama in Shimotsuke Province.[2]
His grandfather was the second shoshidai and his uncle was the third shoshidai. Shigenori followed their examples by joining his father as part of the shogunate's army during the Shimabara Rebellion.
Notes
edit- ^ a b Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit". Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine University of Tüebingen (in German).
- ^ a b c Papinot, Edmond. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Itakura, pp. 16–17; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; retrieved 2012-11-7.
- ^ Murdoch, James. (1996). A History of Japan, p. 172.
- ^ a b Toby, Ronald P. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu, p. 124 n7.
References
edit- Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Münster: Tagenbuch. ISBN 3-8258-3939-7
- Murdoch, James. (1996). A History of Japan. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-15417-0
- Papinot, Edmond. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
- Sasaki Suguru. (2002). Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji ishin. Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha.
- Toby, Ronald P. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1952-7
- (in Japanese) Japanese Wikipedia article on Shigenori (26 Oct. 2007)