Itakura Katsushige
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- In this Japanese name, the family name is Itakura.
| Itakura Katsushige | |
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2nd Kyoto Shoshidai
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| In office 1601 – 1619 |
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| Preceded by | Okudaira Nobumasa |
| Succeeded by | Itakura Shigemune |
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| Born | 1545 |
| Died | June 14, 1624 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Itakura Katsushige (板倉勝重?) (1545-June 14, 1624) was a Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period to early Edo period.[1] Katsuhige's daimyō family claimed descent from the Shibukawa branch of the Seiwa-Genji. The Itakura identified its clan origins in Mikawa province, and Katsuhige's progency were the elder branch of the clan.[2]
Katsuhige was sometimes identified by his title, Iga-no kami.[2]
He served in the Tokugawa shogunate as the second Kyoto Shoshidai,[3] holding office in the period spanning the years from 1601 through 1620.[4] In addition to administrative duties, the shoshidai's participation in ceremonial events served a function in consolidating the power and influence of the shogunate. For example, in September 1617, a Korean delegation was received by Hidetada at Fushimi Castle, and Katsuhige was summoned for two reasons (1) for the Koreans, to underscore the importance accoreded the embassy, and (2) for the kuge courtiers in attendance, to make sure that they were properly impressed.[5]
Katsushige was succeeded in this role by his eldest son, Shigemune, who held the office from 1620 through 1654.[6]
He was unusual in that he was one of the "new men" in the close service of Tokugawa Ieyasu. [7] After the Siege of Osaka, Katsushige was entrusted with enforcing the newly promulgated Kuge Shohatto code of conduct for court nobles.[8] He was the senior shogunate official overseeing the completion of Nijō Castle's construction in 1603.[9]
His grave is at Chōen-ji Temple, in modern-day Nishio, Aichi.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit." Universität Tübingen (in German).
- ^ a b Papinot, Jacques. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Itakura, pp. 16-17; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. (in French/German).
- ^ Murdoch, A History of Japan, p. 10.
- ^ Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit." University of Tüebingen (in German).
- ^ Toby, Ronald. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu, p. 69.
- ^ Murdoch, pp. 10, p. 134.
- ^ Bolitho, Harold. (1974). Treasures among Men, p. 161.
- ^ Butler, Lee A. "Tokugawa Ieyasu's Regulations for the Court: A Reappraisal," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Dec., 1994), pp. 509-551.
- ^ Nijō Castle construction, Columbia University.
[edit] References
- Bolitho, Harold. (1974). Treasures Among Men; the Fudai Daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-01655-7
- 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. 10-ISBN 0-415-15417-0
- Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (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. 10-ISBN 0-804-71952-7
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| Preceded by Okudaira Nobumasa |
2nd Kyoto Shoshidai 1601-1619 |
Succeeded by Itakura Shigemune |
