was the 5th ''

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), and then 23rd hereditary chieftain of the

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. His

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was '' Ukyō-no-taifu'' and ''Jijū'', and later ''Sakonoeshōshō'' and his Court rank was Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade.

Biography

Satake Yoshimine was the second son of Satake Yoshinaga of Iwasaki Domain and thus the grandson of Satake Yoshizumi. His mother was a daughter of Matsura Shigenobu of

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. He was initially named Yoshiyuki (義恭). He was received in formal audience by

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in 1702. In 1715, he was posthumously adopted by Satake Yoshitada and became ''daimyō'' of Kubota. His position was confirmed in an audience with Shōgun

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later the same year. In 1717, he visited his domain for the first time. His courtesy title was promoted to ''Sakonoeshōshō'' in 1744. The opposite in personality and temperament from his predecessor, he abolished all

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and did his utmost to live a life of profligate luxury, driving the domain and even his retainers into the verge of bankruptcy. Yoshimine was married to a daughter of Kuroda Nagakiyo of a cadet branch of

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, and had at least two concubines and four daughters; however, he had no male heir, He attempted to adopt Satake Yoshiaki (1723-1758) of Iwasaki Domain as his successor, but this was strenuously opposed by the clan elders, so he adopted Satake Yoshikata (1692-1742) of Kubota-Shinden Domain instead. However, when Yoshikata died in 1742, he was forced to choose another heir and adopted Yoshikata's son Satake Yoshimasa (1728-1753) in his place.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Satake, Yoshitada 1690 births 1715 deaths Satake clan Tozama daimyo People of the Edo period

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