Aoyama Tadatoshi
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Japanese daimyō
In this Japanese name, the surname is Aoyama.
Aoyama Tadatoshi (青山 忠俊, March 18, 1578 – June 1, 1643) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.
Biography
[edit]Tadatoshi was the son of Aoyama Tadanari, a Tokugawa vassal of the Sengoku period who was born in Mikawa Province. Tadatoshi, like his father, was a Tokugawa vassal, and was famous for his role as the third shōgun Iemitsu's teacher.
He became a daimyō in 1603, when Tokugawa Ieyasu granted him the domain of Edosaki.
Notes
[edit]| Preceded by | Daimyō of Edosaki 1603–1620 |
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| Preceded by | Daimyō of Iwatsuki 1620–1623 |
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| Preceded by | Daimyō of Ōtaki 1623–1625 |
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References
[edit]- (in Japanese) Aoyama family history and biographical notes
Further reading
[edit]- Bolitho, Harold. (1974). Treasures Among Men: The Fudai Daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-01655-0; OCLC 185685588
- Kodama Kōta 児玉幸多, Kitajima Masamoto 北島正元 (1966). Kantō no shohan 関東の諸藩. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.
