was a Japanese ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...
'' of the early
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...
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[Meyer, Eva-Maria]
"Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit".
Universität Tübingen (in German). He was also known by his title, Sado no kami—Makino Sado no kami Chiashige. He was the son of Makino Takumi no kami Nobushige.
[Hesselink, Reinier H. (2002).]
''Prisoners from Nambu: Reality and Make-believe in Seventeenth-century'', p. 112.
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The Makino were identified as one of the '' fudai'' or insider ''daimyō'' clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan
The is a Japanese dynasty that was formerly a powerful ''daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of this clan r ...
, 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 Mikawa Province
was an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Mikawa''" in . Its abbreviated form name was . Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces.
Mik ...
. Their elevation in status by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
dates from 1588.[Papinot, Jacques. (2003]
''Nobiliare du Japon'' -- Makino, p. 29
Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon.'' (in French/German). who was a legendary Statesman and lover of the legendary Empress Jingū
was a legendary Japanese empress who ruled as a regent following her husband's death in 200 AD. Both the ''Kojiki'' and the ''Nihon Shoki'' (collectively known as the ''Kiki'') record events that took place during Jingū's alleged lifetime. Leg ...
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Chikashige was part of a cadet branch of the Makino which was created in 1633.Sekiyado Domain
was a Han (Japan), feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Shimōsa Province (the northern portion of Chiba Prefecture and southern portion of Ibaraki Prefecture in modern-day, Japan). It was centered on Sekiyad ...
in Shimōsa Province in 1644. From 1668 through the Meiji Restoration
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, the descendants had holdings at Tanabe Domain Tanabe may refer to:
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(35,000 ''koku'') in Tango Province.Mineyama Domain Mineyama Domain may refer to:
* Mineyama Domain (Tango) (峯山藩), in Tango Province of Edo period Japan
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* Mineyama Domain (Tango)
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(11,000 ''koku'') in Echigo Province
was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Echigo''" in . It corresponds today to Niigata ...
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Tokugawa official
As a youth, Chikashige had joined the household of Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who a ...
as a page. In 1633, he had advanced to become ''gozenban,'' the official who served the shōgun his meals. In 1642, he advanced further to become ''goshoinban,'' a captain in Iemitsu's bodyguard.Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
as its third Kyoto ''shoshidai'' in the period spanning January 5, 1655, through July 2, 1668.[Murdoch, James. (1915).]
''A History of Japan,'' p. 134.
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Retiring in 1673, he died four years later.
Notes
References
* Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888)
''Ancien Japon.''
Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
* Hesselink, Reinier H. (2002)
''Prisoners from Nambu: Reality and Make-Believe in Seventeenth-Century Japanese Diplomacy.''
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
* Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999)
''Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867.''
Münster: Tagenbuch.
* Murdoch, James. (1996)
''A History of Japan.''
London: Routledge
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and ...
.
* 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.
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