Inoue Masamoto was a daimyo and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during mid-Edo period Japan.
11 Facts About Inoue Masamoto
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Inoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous daimyo of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada.
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Inoue Masamoto became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and daimyo of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786.
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Inoue Masamoto was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of Kawachi-no-kami soon afterwards.
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In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a Soshaban under shogun Tokugawa Ienari.
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Inoue Masamoto gave retainers orders to silence the couple by kidnapping them and taking them to Hamamatsu, but in a short time the story become known throughout Edo, and Masamoto and his men became an object of ridicule by the townspeople and were shunned by their peers.
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On December 23 of the same year, Inoue Masamoto was relieved of his posts, and was reassigned on September 14,1817, to Tanagura Domain, in what is Fukushima Province.
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Inoue Masamoto was married to a daughter of Sanada Yukihiro, daimyo of Matsushiro Domain in Shinano Province.
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Inoue Masamoto had a daughter of Matsudaira Takehiro and a daughter of Oda Nobuchika as his concubines.
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Inoue Masamoto was succeeded by his eldest son Inoue Masaharu in 1820.
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Inoue Masamoto's grave is at the Inoue clan temple of Joshin-ji in Bunkyo, Tokyo.