was a ''

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'' in early

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. He was born in

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. In 1600, on his father's death, he became head of the

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, and inherited his father's 5,000 '' koku'' holding in Hatogaya, Musashi Province. In 1610, he was transferred to Kanuma,

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. He distinguished himself as a general during the 1614

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, taking the most enemy heads of any of Ieyasu's generals. He was awarded with the rank of daimyō in 1617, and was given the 30,000 ''koku'' Ōtaki Domain in

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. In 1619, following the disgrace of the Ōkubo clan, he was reassigned to

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(50,000 ''koku'') in

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. In 1623, he was reassigned, this time to

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(55,000 ''koku'') in Mutsu Province, where his descendants remained for the next several generations. In 1626, he was appointed Osaka jōdai, a position which he held for the next 22 years until his death, and which raised his revenues to 86,000 ''koku''. In 1637, he played an active role in the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion. On April 22, 1638, he divided his holdings between his sons

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(46,000 ''koku'') and Abe Masayoshi (10,000 ''koku''), while retaining the remaining 30,000 ''koku'' for himself. Msatsugu died in

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in 1647; his grave is at the temple of

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at Shiba in Tokyo.

References

*Spackman, Chris. ''An Encyclopedia of Japanese History'' (2009). BiblioLife. . *Mogi, Hitoshi. ''A Historical Study of the Development of Edo'' (1959). Cornell University Press * Papinot, Edmond. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon.'' Tokyo: Librarie Sansaish
..Click link for digitized 1906 ''Nobiliaire du japon'' (2003)
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