was a daimyō

Daimyo

is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...

 and official of the Tokugawa shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate

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 the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...

 during mid-Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

 Japan

Japan

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Biography

Inoue Masasada was the second son of the previous daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain

Hamamatsu Domain

was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Tōtōmi Province. It was centered on what is now Hamamatsu Castle in what is now the city of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture....

, Inoue Masatsune

Inoue Masatsune

was a daimyō and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during mid-Edo period Japan.-Biography:Inoue Masatsune was the eldest son of the daimyō of Kasama Domain in Hitachi Province, Inoue Masayuki...

. He became 7th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan

Inoue clan

The ' was a samurai clan which came to prominence from the late Kamakura through Edo periods in Japanese history. Mention of an Inoue surname is found in Nara period records; however, the Inoue clan which later became prominent in the Edo period traces its antecedents to the Seiwa Genji line...

 and daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain on his father’s death in 1766. In 1769, he was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of Kawachi-no-kami.

In 1774, Masasada entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate

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 the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...

 as a Sōshaban

Sōshaban

were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Conventional interpretations have construed this Japanese title as "master of ceremonies."...

(Master of Ceremonies), becoming Jisha-bugyō

Jisha-bugyo

was a "commissioner" or an "overseer" of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were always fudai daimyō, the lowest-ranking of the shogunate offices to be so restricted...

on May 11, 1781.

Inoue Masasada was married to a daughter of Matsudaira Norisuke, daimyō of Yamagata Domain

Yamagata Domain

Yamagata Domain was a Japanese fief , located in Dewa province, in the Tōhoku region . Modern-day Yamagata Prefecture is roughly contiguous with the domain, and its capital city, also called Yamagata, grew up out of the daimyo's castle town...

, but had three other concubines. He died in 1786 at the relatively young age of 33 and was succeeded by his eldest son Inoue Masamoto

Inoue Masamoto

was a daimyō and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during mid-Edo period Japan.-Biography:Inoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain on his father’s death in 1786...

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