Matsudaira Yoshinaga

Matsudaira Yoshinaga
松平 慶永
Matsudaira Shungaku
Born(1828-10-10)October 10, 1828
DiedJune 2, 1890(1890-06-02) (aged 61)
Tokyo, Japan
Burial placeFukui, Fukui, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesMatsudaira Shungaku
TitleDaimyō of Fukui Domain
Term1838-1858
PredecessorMatsudaira Narisawa
SuccessorMatsudaira Mochiaki
Spouse(s)Yu-hime, daughter of Hosokawa Narimori of Kumamoto Domain
FatherTokugawa Narimasa
FamilyMatsudaira clan

Matsudaira Yoshinaga (松平 慶永, October 10, 1828 – June 2, 1890), also known as Matsudaira Keiei,[1] or better known as Matsudaira Shungaku (春嶽) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period. He was head of Fukui Domain in Echizen Province.[2] He is counted as one of the "Four Wise Lords of the Bakumatsu period" (幕末の四賢侯, Bakumatsu no Shikenkō), along with Date Munenari, Yamauchi Yōdō and Shimazu Nariakira.[citation needed] "Yoshinaga" is his imina and "Shungaku" (春嶽, "Spring Mountain") is his .[citation needed]

  1. ^ Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868, p. 335.
  2. ^ Burks, Ardath W. (1985). The Modernizers: overseas students, foreign employees, and Meiji Japan, p. 56.

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