Matsudaira Mochiaki


Matsudaira Mochiaki was a Bakumatsu period daimyō under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was the 7th daimyō of Itoigawa Domain in Echigo Province and later the 17th daimyō of Fukui Domain in Echizen Province.

Biography

Mochiaki was the fourth son of Matsudaira Naoharu of Itoigawa. He was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyoshi in 1852. His childhood name was Yuanosuke. He underwent his genpuku ceremony in 1853, becoming Matsudaira Naokiyo. On the retirement of his father in 1857, he became daimyō of Itoigawa. At that time, his courtesy title was Hyūga-no-kami and his court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade.
In 1858, Matsudaira Yoshinaga in the kazoku peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis from his adopted father.
He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural science, having studied for several years in England.

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