Tokugawa Munetaka
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was a Japanese daimyo
of the mid-Edo period
, who ruled the Mito Domain
. He was the son of Matsudaira Yoritoyo, the lord of the Takamatsu Domain
.
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...
of the 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....
, who ruled the Mito Domain
Mito Domain
was a prominent feudal domain in Japan during the Edo period. Its capital was the city of Mito, and it covered much of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture. Beginning with the appointment of Tokugawa Yorifusa by his father, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, in 1608, the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan...
. He was the son of Matsudaira Yoritoyo, the lord of the Takamatsu Domain
Takamatsu Domain
The was a han or feudal domain in Sanuki Province , Japan during the Edo period. The domain was governed first by the Ikoma family then by the Mito-Matsudaira clan.-History:...
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