Matsudaira Yoshinaga

Matsudaira Yoshinaga
Matsudaira Yoshinaga
14th Lord of Fukui
In office 1838–1858
Preceded by	Matsudaira Narisawa
Succeeded by	Matsudaira Mochiaki
Personal details
Born	thumb (1828-10-10)October 10, 1828 Edo, Japan
Died	June 2, 1890(1890-06-02) (aged 61) Tokyo, Japan
Resting place	thumb
Spouse	Hosokawa Yū
Parent	thumb

Matsudaira Yoshinaga (松平 慶永, October 10, 1828 - June 2, 1890), also known as Matsudaira Keiei, was the 14th head of Fukui Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and politician of the Meiji era. "Yoshinaga" is his imina and "Shungaku" (春嶽) is his gō. He is counted as one of the "Four Wise Lords of the bakumatsu" (幕末の四賢侯, Bakumatsu no Shikenkō), along with Date Munenari, Yamauchi Yōdō and Shimazu Nariakira.

Biography

Born the eighth son of Tokugawa Narimasa, head of Tayasu Tokugawa, Yoshinaga was later adopted by Matsudaira Narisawa, 13th head of Fukui Domain. In 1838 he succeeded as head of the domain. At Ansei Purge he was forced to retire and put on probation. In 1862 he was appointed the position of Seiji sōsai shoku (政事総裁職) at Tokugawa shogunate. Yoshinaga was also Kyoto Shugoshoku very briefly, during the summer of 1864.

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Yoshinaga held several offices in the administration of the early Meiji era imperial government.

References

• Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868. London: Oxford University Press. [reprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001. 10-ISBN 0-19-713508-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-19-713508-2 (cloth)]
• Template:Ja icon Article on Matsudaira Yoshinaga at the Japanese Wikipedia (7 Nov. 2007)
• Nihon-shi Jiten 日本史辞典. (Tokyo: Ōbunsha 旺文社)
• Totman, Conrad. The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862-1868. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1980.

Further reading

• Kawabata Taihei (1967). Matsudaira Shungaku. (Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan).
• Mikami Kazuo (2004). Bakumatsu ishin to Matsudaira Shungaku. (Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan).