Hotta Masatoshi (堀田正俊) (1634-7 October 1684) was a daimyō (feudal lord) in Shimousa Province, and top government advisor and official in the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) The ( were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the, and the, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the Shoguns of He served as rōjū (chief advisor) to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna from 1679-80, and as Tairō (head of the rōjū council) under Tokugawa Tsunayoshi from the 12th day of the 11th lunar month of 1681 until his death on 7 October 1684. The, usually translated as Elder, was one of the highest-ranking government posts in Tokugawa Japan. is a military rank and historical title in Japan. The Japanese word for "general" it is made up of two Kanji words sho, meaning "commander" was the fourth Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan who was in office from 1651 to 1680 Tairō (大老 lit "great elder" was a high-ranking official position in the Bakuhan taisei government of Japan. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar)
Life and Career
His father was Hotta Masamori, advisor (Tairō) under the previous shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who committed seppuku upon Iemitsu's death in 1651. Hotta Masamori (堀田正盛 January 16, 1606 - June 8, 1651) Japanese Daimyo of the early Edo period who was Tairō (大老 lit "great elder" was a high-ranking official position in the Bakuhan taisei government of Japan. Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光 August 12, 1604 — June 8, 1651) sometimes is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by Disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for Samurai. Masatoshi was then adopted by Iemitsu's nurse, Kasuga no Tsubone.
He served as personal secretary to the next shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuna, for a time, before being appointed wakadoshiyori (junior councillor) in 1670. The, or "Junior Elders" were high government officials in 17th century Tokugawa Japan. Ietsuna was already quite ill when Masatoshi was appointed rōjū in 1679, and died the following summer. At this time, another rōjū, Sakai Tadakiyo, in a bid for personal power, proposed that the next shogun be selected from the princely houses. Sakai Tadakiyo (酒井忠清(1624-1681 also known as Uta-no-kami was a Daimyō (feudal lord in Kōzuke Province, and a high-ranking government advisor He sought to be regent to this new shogun, who would be made a puppet ruler. A regent, from the Latin regens "who reigns" is a person selected to act as Head of state (ruling or not because the ruler is a minor However, Masatoshi, said to have been infuriated, voiced strong opposition to this scheme; Tadakiyo resigned his post shortly afterwards, and Ietsuna's brother Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was installed as the new shogun.
Masatoshi became Tairō soon afterwards, and was granted a domain worth 13,000 koku by Tsunayoshi. KOKU (1003 FM, "Hit Radio 100" is a Radio station in the United States territory of Guam. He was killed several years later, on 7 October 1684. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) The motives of the culprit, Masatoshi's cousin Inaba Masayasu, are unknown. Inaba Masayasu (稲葉正休 (1640-1684 was a Japanese Hatamoto and Daimyō (feudal lord of Aono han in Mino Province Following Masatoshi's death, Tsunayoshi took the opportunity to reorganize the shogunate's offices so as to weaken the rōjū and grant additional powers to the Soba-yōnin (Chamberlains). Masatoshi was not succeeded as Tairō, and much of his power came to be wielded by the shogun himself.
| Preceded by Mizuno Mototomo |
Lord of Annaka 1667-1681 |
Succeeded by Itakura Shigekata |
| Preceded by Doi Toshimasu |
Lord of Koga 1681-1684 |
Succeeded by Hotta Masanaka |
References
- Frederic, Louis (2002). The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Kōzuke Province. The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province (present-day Koga Ibaraki) "Hotta Masatoshi. " Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p360.
- Sansom, George (1963). "A History of Japan: 1615-1867. " Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp68, 131-2.
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