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
2nd (Itakura) Lord of Fukōzu
In office
1639–1639
Preceded byItakura Shigemasa
Succeeded bynone
1st Lord of Mikawa-Nakajima
In office
1639–1672
Preceded bynone
Succeeded bynone
1st (Itakura) Lord of Karasuyama
In office
1672–1673
Preceded byHori Chikamasa
Succeeded byItakura Shigetane
5th Kyoto Shoshidai
In office
1668–1670
Preceded byMakino Chikashige
Succeeded byNagai Naotsune
Personal details
Born1617
DiedJuly 13, 1673
NationalityJapanese

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

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Shigenori 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

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  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Murdoch, James. (1996). A History of Japan, p. 172.
  4. ^ 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

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  • 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)
Preceded by 2nd Lord of Fukōzu
1639
Succeeded by
none
Preceded by
none
1st Lord of Mikawa-Nakajima
1639–1672
Succeeded by
none
Preceded by 1st Lord of Karasuyama
1672–1673
Succeeded by
Preceded by 5th Kyoto Shoshidai
1668–1670
Succeeded by