was a Japanese ''

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'' of Iwanuma Domain in Mutsu Province of early-

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Date Tadamune was an early Edo period Japanese samurai, and the second ''daimyō'' of the 625,000 ''koku'' Sendai Domain in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. He was the half-brother of Date Hidemune of Uwajima Domain. Biography Tadamune was born as Tora ...

, the 2nd ''daimyō'' of

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. His mother, Fusa, was a concubine and the daughter of Mitamura Matauemon. His childhood name was .Ōshima Kōichi, ''Ichinoseki Domain (Clan Stories Series)'', , page 13 From 1639, under his father's orders, he was raised by Suzuki Motonobu, a vassal of Sendai Domain, in Ōsaki, Shida District, as heir to the Suzuki clan. In 1649, at the time of his ''

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'' ceremony, he changed his name to . However, in 1653, the Tamura clan was revived, as requested by

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(Muneyoshi's grandmother,

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's wife) via her will, and Muneyoshi became Tamura Muneyoshi, with holdings totalling 10,000 ''

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'' in Iwagasaki, Kurihara, in what is now

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. In 1658, following the death of

, the second ''daimyō'' of

. Sendai Domain was inherited by the young and impressionable Date Tsunamune, and the clan elders appointed Muneyoshi and his half-brother, Date Munekatsu as guardians. In 1660, Muneyoshi gained an additional 20,000 ''koku'' in what is now Ichinoseki, along with the courtesy title of ''Ukyō-no-daifu'' and Court rank of Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Munekatsu's daughter-in-law was the daughter of ''

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. Through these connections, the Date Munekatsu and Tamura Muneyoshi accused Tadamune of drunkenness and debauchery, who then removed from office for misrule and was confined to a secondary clan residence in Edo. The infant

Date Tsunamura was an early Edo period Japanese samurai, and the fourth ''daimyō'' of Sendai Domain in northern Japan, and the 20h hereditary chieftain of the Date clan. Tsunamura's succession led to the ''Date Sōdō'' or "Date Disturbance" of 1671, which has ...

was made ''daimyō'' of Sendai under the guardianship of his uncles. In 1662, Muneyoshi transferred his seat to what is now the city of

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and officially became ''daimyō'' of Iwanuma Domain, a subsidiary domain of Sendai, based in what is now the city of

. He received the courtesy title of ''Oki-no-kami'' in 1670. According to waka poetry written about him, Muneyoshi had a mild personality and was popular, in contrast to the events of the

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. The ten years during which Date Munekatsu and Tamura Muneyoshi ruled in place of the under-age Date Tsunamura were marked by violence and conflict in Sendai Domain. Events reached a climax in 1671 when Aki Muneshige, a powerful relative of the Date clan, complained to the

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of the mismanagement of the fief under Tsunamura and his uncles. In the ensuring

, Muneyoshi was relieved of his offices in 1671 and placed under

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. He was pardoned in 1672. In 1678, he died at the clan's Edo residence at the age of 42. He died at age 42, and his grave is at the clan mortuary temple of

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"Ichinoseki" at Edo 300
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamura, Muneyoshi 1637 births 1678 deaths Tozama daimyo People of the Edo period Date clan Tamura clan

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