, also known as , was a Japanese ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominal ...

'' of the late

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 characte ...

who ruled the

Miyazu Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Tango Province in what is now the northern portion of modern-day Kyoto Prefecture. It was centered around the Miyazu Castle which was located in what is now th ...

(modern-day Miyazu, Kyoto). He was known by the titles (post-1840) or (post-1868).Beasley, William. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 332.

Official in the ''bakufu''

Munehide served in a variety of positions in the

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 ...

, ultimately rising to the position of ''

rōjū The , usually translated as ''Elder'', was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The term refers either to individual Elders, or to the Council of Elders as a whole; under the first two ''shō ...

'' in the period from September 1864 through September 1866. Previously, he had been Kyoto ''shoshidai'' in the period spanning July 26, 1862, through September 17, 1862.Meyer, Eva-Maria
"Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit".
University of Tüebingen (in German). In addition, he served as ''

jisha-bugyō was a "commissioner" or an "overseer" of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were always ''fudai daimyōs'', the lowest-ranking of the shogunate offices to be so restricted.Beasley, William G. (1955) ...

'' from November 1858 through November 1861; and he was Osaka ''jōdai'' from February 1861 through July 1862.

Restoration official

In the Meiji era, he served as chief priest of the

Ise Shrine The , located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. Officially known simply as , Ise Jingū is a shrine complex composed of many Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, and . The Inner ...

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References

* Beasley, William G. (1955)
Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868.''
London:

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