Yonekura Masakata (米倉昌賢, July 21, 1758 – August 5, 1798) was the 4th daimyō of Mutsuura Domain in southern Musashi Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture) and 7th head of the Yonekura clan. His courtesy title was Nagato-no-kami.

Yonekura Masakata
米倉昌賢
Born(1759-07-21)July 21, 1759
DiedAugust 5, 1798(1798-08-05) (aged 39)
Edo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesNagato-no-kami
OccupationDaimyō

Biography

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Yonekura Masakata was born as the second son of Yonekura Masaharu, the third daimyō of Mutsuura Domain. He was appointed heir in 1777 and succeeded his father in December 1785. As daimyō, he was assigned to several ceremonial postings as guard of various gates to Edo Castle. However, in 1793 he resigned from his posts due to illness, but retained the position of daimyō. He died on August 5, 1798, at the age of 40.

His grave is at the temple of Hase-dera in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Masakata was married to the daughter of Yanagisawa Nobutoki, daimyō of Koriyama Domain, by whom he had two daughters.

References

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  • (in Japanese) "Mutsuura-han" on Edo 300 HTML
  • The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.
Preceded by 4th Daimyō of Mutsuura
1786-1798
Succeeded by