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(in German). The Makino were identified as one of the '' fudai'' or insider ''daimyō'' clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the '' tozama'' or outsider clans.Alpert, Georges. (1888)
''Ancien Japon'', p. 70.
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Makino clan genealogy

The ''fudai'' Makino clan originated in 16th century

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. Their elevation in status by Toyotomi Hideyoshi dates from 1588. They claim descent from Takechiuchi no Sukune,Papinot, Jacques. (2003
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''Numen.'' 33:1, 178–179 (June 1986). Tadamasa was part of the senior branch of the Makino which was established at Tako Domain in Kōzuke Province in 1590; and in 1616, their holdings were moved to Nagamine Domain in

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. From 1618 through 1868, this branch of the Makino remained at Nagaoka Domain (74,000 ''koku'') in Echigo Province. Tadamasa was the 10th-generation head of this senior line of the Makino. The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.

Tokugawa official

Tadamasa served as the

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's forty-eighth Kyoto ''shoshidai'' in the period spanning February 15, 1840, through December 23, 1843. Tadamasa held a variety of positions in the

, including '' rōjū''. A staunch supporter of Abe Masahiro, when Tadamasa became a rōjū, he was placed in charge of organizing coastal defenses. He resigned shortly after Hotta Masayoshi replaced the recently deceased Abe; Tadamasa himself died the following year.

Notes

References

* Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888)
''Ancien Japon.''
Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha. * Bolitho, Harold. (1974). ''Treasures Among Men: The Fudai Daimyo in Tokugawa Japan.'' New Haven: Yale University Press.
OCLC 185685588
* Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999)
''Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867.''
Münster: Tagenbuch. * Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon.'' Tokyo: Librarie Sansaish
..Click link for digitized 1906 ''Nobiliaire du japon'' (2003)
* Sasaki Suguru. (2002). ''Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji ishin.'' Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha.

External links

* National Archives of Japa
... Nagaoka Castle (1644)
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