11 Facts About Mizuno Tadakuni

Mizuno Tadakuni was a daimyo during late-Edo period Japan, who later served as chief senior councilor in service to the Tokugawa shogunate.

Mizuno Tadakuni is remembered for having instituted the Tenpo Reforms.

Mizuno Tadakuni was the second son of Mizuno Tadaaki, the daimyo of Karatsu Domain.

Mizuno Tadakuni entered the service of the Tokugawa shogunate as a Soshaban at Edo Castle in 1816.

However, faced with increasing difficulties over the policing of the foreign trade port of Nagasaki, in 1817, Mizuno Tadakuni petitioned to be transferred from the Karatsu Domain to the much smaller Hamamatsu Domain in Totomi Province.

In 1825, Mizuno Tadakuni received the post of Osaka-jo dai, with a promotion to Lower 4th Court Rank.

Mizuno Tadakuni steadily rose through the ranks of the Roju to become Senior Roju in 1839.

Mizuno Tadakuni died on March 12,1851, five days before word of his release from exile would have reached him.

Mizuno Tadakuni was succeeded by his son Mizuno Tadakiyo, who was an important figure in the late Tokugawa shogunate.

Mizuno Tadakuni was married to a daughter of Sakai Tadayuki, a wakadoshiyori and daimyo of Obama Domain.

Mizuno Tadakuni is a recurring, sometimes major, character in the Nemuri Kyoshiro films, TV series and TV specials, where he is Chief Elder of the Roju.