How to Pronounce Matsudaira Yoritaka (Shishido)
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Mar 17, 1810 Died on 17 Dec 1886 (aged 76)
[松平頼位] daimyo of the late Edo period; 8th and 10th lord of Shishido
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About Matsudaira Yoritaka Shishido
- Matsudaira Yoritaka (?? ??, March 17, 1810 – December 17, 1886) was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period who served as daimyo of Shishido han.
- Retiring early, he was succeeded by his son Matsudaira Yorinori, but Yoritaka returned to headship following Yorinori's death in 1864.
- Though the domain was abolished following its involvement in the chaos of the Tengu-to (???) "Tengu Party" revolt of 1864, the new Satsuma-Choshu centered government of the Meiji Emperor forgave Shishido, and allowed Yoritaka to retake his former holdings.
- Becoming han chiji (domainal governor) by Imperial order in 1869, he remained in that position until the abolition of the domains in 1871.
- After that he became a Shinto priest and was famed as a prolific writer.
- His son Matsudaira Yoriyasu (?? ??, 1856–1940) succeeded him as family head in 1880.
- Yoritaka's granddaughter Natsu (the daughter of Matsudaira Ko (?? ?, 1858–1923) and Nagai Iwanojo (?? ???, 1845–1907), son of the famous Nagai Naoyuki), is famous as the grandmother of Mishima Yukio.
- Under the new system of nobility, Yoriyasu became a viscount (shishaku ??).Yoritaka died in December 1886, at age 76.
