1. Hoshina Masayuki was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, who was the founder of what became the Matsudaira house of Aizu.
15 Facts About Hoshina Masayuki
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Hoshina Masayuki was an important figure in the politics and philosophy of the early Tokugawa shogunate.
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Hoshina Masayuki was born in Edo, the illegitimate 4th son of the 2nd shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada.
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Hoshina Masayuki was granted the courtesy titles of Higo-no-kami and Sakonoegonchujo and court rank of Upper 4th, Junior grade.
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Hoshina Masayuki was ordered to construct his Edo residence immediately outside the Sakurada Gate to Edo Castle, was entrusted with the construction of Hidetada's mausoleum at Zojo-ji and with the 17th memorial services for Tokugawa Ieyasu at Nikko Tosho-gu.
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Hoshina Masayuki was instrumental in writing the Buke shohatto regulations issued in 1635, which codified the laws and regulations governing the conduct of the daimyo and samurai under the shogunate.
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In 1636, Hoshina Masayuki was transferred to Yamagata Domain, with a kokudaka of 200,000 koku.
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Hoshina Masayuki was entrusted by Tokugawa Iemitsu with the regency during the minority of his nephew, the 4th Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna, which made him virtual ruler of Japan for several years until Ietsuna reached his majority.
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Hoshina Masayuki was a patron of Yamazaki Ansai, one of the early figures in Edo-era Japanese Neo-Confucianism, and together with him wrote the famous Aizu House Code, which included a direct injunction regarding the loyalty of the clan to the Shogun.
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Hoshina Masayuki died at the clan's residence in Mita in Edo in 1673.
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Hoshina Masayuki was a disciple of Yoshikawa Shinto and at his request he was buried according to Shinto rituals on the grounds of Hanitsu Shrine near Lake Inawashiro.
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Hoshina Masayuki was deified after his death as the kami Hanitsu-reishin.
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Hoshina Masayuki's descendants remained enfeoffed at Aizu Domain for the remainder of the Edo period, until they were defeated by the forces of the new Meiji government during the Boshin War.
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Hoshina Masayuki is regarded as one of the most distinguished rulers in Japanese history.
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Matsudaira Katamori, adhering to Hoshina Masayuki's words, devoted himself to serving the Shogunate.