was a ''

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 no ...

'' in early

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

Japan under the

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and the 20th head of the

Satake clan The was a Japanese clan, Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. Its first power base was in Hitachi Province. The clan was subdued by Minamoto no Yoritomo in the late 12th century, but later entered Yoritomo's serv ...

and 2nd of

Kubota Domain was a Han (Japan), feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Dewa Province (modern-day Akita Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Kubota Castle in what is now the city of Akita, Akita, Akita and was thus also known as the . It was governe ...

Dewa Province was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. Dewa bordered on Mutsu and Echigō Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . History Early per ...

. His

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was '' Sakonoeshōshō'' and ''Jijū'' and his Court rank was Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade.

Biography

Yoshitaka was born in 1609 as the eldest son of Iwaki Sadataka, the 3rd son of Satake Yoshishige. His mother was the daughter of Sōma Yoshitane. On the death of his father in 1620, he became ''daimyō'' of Shinano-Nakamura Domain (10,000 ''

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''), taking the name of Iwaki Yoshitaka. This was a small domain in what is now

Nagano Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture ...

, awarded to the once illustrious Iwaki clan after the

Battle of Osaka A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force c ...

. In 1622, his ''

kokudaka refers to a system for determining land value for taxation purposes under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan, and expressing this value in terms of ''koku'' of rice. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Koku"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 5 ...

'' were increased by 10,000 ''koku'' in Yuri District,

, and in November 1623, he moved his seat from Shinano-Nakamura to that location, where he built a ''

jin'ya A was a type of administrative headquarters in the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period of Japanese history. ''Jin'ya'' served as the seat of the administration for a small domain, a province, or additional parcels of land. ''Jin'ya'' ho ...

.'' This was the beginning of Kameda Domain which would last to the

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. Yoshitaka was awarded lower 5th court rank and the courtesy title of ''Shuri-Daiyu'' in December 1624. Yoshitaka was adopted as heir by his uncle,

Satake Yoshinobu was a ''daimyō'' in Sengoku period and early Edo period Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate and the 19th head of the Satake clan and 1st ''daimyō'' of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province. His courtesy title was '' Sakon-no-e-shōshō'', later '' ...

of Kubota Domain in April 1626, following the disinheritance of Yoshinobu’s son Satake Yoshinao for incompetence, and was given the name Satake Yoshitaka. He turned Kameda Domain over to his younger brother. On April 27, 1626, he was presented in formal audience to

Tokugawa Hidetada was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Early life (1579–1593) Tokugawa Hidetada was born to Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Lady Saigō on May ...

and

Tokugawa Iemitsu was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate, 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 acted as his political adviser and was at the ...

, and was awarded lower 4th court rank and the courtesy title of ''Jijū'' (侍従). Yoshitaka was awarded an estate of 50,000 ''koku'' in November 1630 by his adoptive father, who exhibited no signs of intending to retire or relax his control over Kubota Domain. However, on Yoshinobu’s death on February 26, 1633, Yoshitaka finally succeeded to the leadership of the clan. He was permitted to formally enter the domain for the first time on May 8, 1633. On December 28, 1666, his court title was promoted to “General of the Left Imperial Guard” (左近衛少将). He died at Kubota Castle on December 5, 1671. His official wife was the daughter of Satake Yoshiaki, and he is known to have had at least two concubines. His eldest son, Yoshioki predeceased him at the age of 22, and Yoshioki’s son became ''daimyō'' of Kubota-Shinden Domain. Yoshitaka’s second son,

Satake Yoshizumi was the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province, Japan (modern-day Akita Prefecture), and then 21st hereditary chieftain of the Satake clan. His courtesy title was '' Ukyō-no-daifu'' and ''Jijū'', and later raised to ''Sakon'e-sh� ...

inherited Kubota Domain.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Satake Yoshitaka 1609 births 1672 deaths Satake clan Tozama daimyo People of the Edo period