Matsudaira Katamori

Matsudaira Katamori (Japanese松 平 容 保; * February 15, 1836; † December 5, 1893 ) was a samurai, the ( end of the Edo period ) and the Meiji period lived in the Bakumatsu. During the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Bakumatsu, he was the ninth and last daimyo of the Aizu Daimyats and responsible for the safety of Kyoto. Although he had fought in the conflict between Shogun and Tennō on the side of the shogunate, his life was spared. After the Meiji Restoration, he was entrusted with the leadership of the shrine Nikko Tosho-gu. Together with three of his brothers, he held an influential position, they were called " the four Takasu brothers ".

Biography

Matsudaira Katamori, was born on February 15, 1836, the son of Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, the daimyo of Daimyats Takasu, and one of his concubines, a woman from the Komori family, which is known by her Buddhist name Zenkyō - in. He was Yoshitatsus seventh son and was Keinosuke (銈 之 丞) called.

In 1846 he was adopted by Matsudaira Katanaka, the daimyo of Aizu. Matsudaira Teru was thus his adoptive sister. He married in 1865 Katanakas daughter Toshihime. 1852 Katamori was the 9th daimyo of Aizu and also inherited the honorary title of Higo no Kami (Governor of Higo ), which was traditionally used by the daimyo of Aizu encrypt and inherited.

In 1862 Katamori was military governor of Kyoto (京都 守护 职, Kyoto shugoshoku ), which meant that it was his duty to withdraw the city the influence of sonno - Joi - trailer. This demanded that foreigners should not set foot in Japan and advocated the removal of the shogunate. For this, Katamori served inter alia, the Shinsengumi, a militant force that Katamori made ​​to a police unit, and endowed with full rights. Another unit that Mimawarigumi that had the same tasks, was commanded by Katamoris brother Matsudaira Sadaaki. Katamori also played an important role in the coups d'état on 30 September and 18 August, and the uprising of the Forbidden gates which significantly increased the hostility between Aizu and the Daimyat Chōshū.

Katamori tried after the Battle of Toba- Fushimi, in the clashes between the Shogun and the Tennō or the new Meiji government experienced a climax, to find peaceful solutions, but the members of the new Meiji government refused. This was mainly because a majority of the members of Chōshū and Satsuma came and Katamori rejected because of his activities in Kyoto. Finally, were the northern Daimyate, including Aizu counted, defeated but spared Matsudaira's life.

Matsudaira Katamori died on December 5, 1893 and was given the posthumous name Shinto Masane - unjin (忠诚 云 神, god of loyalty and sincerity ).

His adopted son Matsudaira Nobunori, who was descended from the Mito branch family of the Tokugawa family, was his heir. He left the Matsudaira family but shortly after the Meiji Restoration, so that Matsudaira Kataharu, Katamoris eldest biological son, the heir was. This was the son of one of his two concubines and was born after Nobunoris adoption.