, also known as Matsudaira Keiei, was the 14th head of Fukui Domain

Fukui Domain

The was a feudal domain in Echizen Province of Japan during the Edo period. It is also sometimes called '. The family name of the heads of the domain is "Matsudaira".- List of heads :# Hideyasu# Tadanao...

 during the Late Tokugawa shogunate

Late Tokugawa shogunate

, literally "end of the curtain", are the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate came to an end. It is characterized by major events occurring between 1853 and 1867 during which Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as sakoku and transitioned from a feudal shogunate...

 and politician

Politician

A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

 of the Meiji era. "Yoshinaga" is his imina and "Shungaku" (春嶽) is his gō

Japanese name

in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...

. He is counted as one of the , along with Date Munenari

Date Munenari

Marquis was the eighth head of the Uwajima Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and a politician of the early Meiji era.-Early life:Munenari was born in Edo, the 4th son of the hatamoto Yamaguchi Naokatsu...

, Yamauchi Yōdō and Shimazu Nariakira

Shimazu Nariakira

was a Japanese feudal lord of the Edo period, the 28th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain. He was renowned as an intelligent and wise lord, and was greatly interested in Western learning and technology...

.

Biography

Born the eighth son of Tokugawa Narimasa

Tokugawa Narimasa

was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period. The son of Tokugawa Harusada, he succeeded Tokugawa Haruaki as head of the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa house, which had been without a ruler for some time....

, head of Tayasu Tokugawa, Yoshinaga was later adopted by Matsudaira Narisawa

Matsudaira Narisawa

was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Fukui Domain. He was the 22nd son of Tokugawa Ienari....

, 13th head of Fukui Domain. In 1838 he succeeded as head of the domain. At Ansei Purge

Ansei Purge

The Ansei Purge was a purge, in 1858 and 1859, of over 100 people from the bakufu, various han, and the Japanese Imperial court...

 he was forced to retire and put on probation. In 1862 he was appointed the position of at 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...

. Yoshinaga was also Kyoto Shugoshoku

Kyoto Shugoshoku

The ' was a Japanese bureaucratic office of the Tokugawa shogunate from 1862 through 1868. The officeholder was responsible for keeping the peace in the city of Kyoto and its environs, and in this role, largely supplanted the extant office of Kyoto Shoshidai, though the two offices existed side by...

 very briefly, during the summer of 1864.

After the fall 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...

, Yoshinaga held several offices in the administration of the early Meiji era imperial government.

Further reading

• Kawabata Taihei (1967). Matsudaira Shungaku. (Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan).
• Mikami Kazuo (2004). Bakumatsu ishin to Matsudaira Shungaku. (Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan).