1. Matsudaira Sadaaki was a Japanese daimyo of the Bakumatsu period, who was the last ruler of the Kuwana Domain.
18 Facts About Matsudaira Sadaaki
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Matsudaira Sadaaki's family was known as the Hisamatsu Matsudaira clan.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki was betrothed to Sadamichi's 3-year-old daughter Matsudaira Hatsu, thus formalizing the adoption.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki was give the courtesy title of Etchu-no-kami and Lower 5th court rank.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki was appointed Kyoto Shoshidai in the period spanning May 16,1864, through January 3,1868 and was thus the last person to hold this post.
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In 1864, Sadaaki deployed Kuwana troops during then Kinmon incident and as part of the shogunate's effort to subdue the Tengu-to uprising.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki was noted for riding the streets for Kyoto with short hair and in western military attire.
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Yoshinobu, Katamori and Sadaaki withdrew to Osaka Castle and a large military force from Satsuma and Choshu occupied Kyoto, demanding that the Tokugawa and its cadet houses be stripped of their title and domains.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki followed his brother's advice and headed for the Yonezawa Domain.
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Kuwana Castle surrendered to imperial forces without resistance, and Sadaaki's adoptive son and heir, Matsudaira Sadanori was held at Kuwana under house arrest.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki accompanied Sadanori to the United States in 1874 when he enrolled at Rutgers University.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki joined the Imperial Japanese Army during the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, leading a group of former Kuwana samurai into combat in Kyushu against the former Satsuma samurai he had fought in Aizu.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki lived in Tokyo for some time, and had an avid interest in music; Clara Whitney, an American resident of Tokyo, notes in her diary that he was a skilled organ player.
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However, Matsudaira Sadaaki had a concubine; it was this concubine who bore him a son who survived to adulthood.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki had a daughter by another woman; this daughter married Sakai Tadakazu.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki died at age 61, and is buried in the Somei Cemetery in Tokyo.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki has appeared as a character in many works of fiction, usually in works about his brother and Aizu.
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Matsudaira Sadaaki appears briefly in episode 7 of the anime Clockwork Fighters, Hiwou's war.