Mizuno Tadakiyo

Mizuno Tadakiyo (水野 忠精, February 5, 1833 – May 8, 1884) was a daimyō during Bakumatsu period Japan, who served as chief senior councilor (Rōjū) in service to the Tokugawa shogunate.

In this Japanese name, the surname is Mizuno.
Mizuno Tadakiyo
水野忠精
Mizuno Tadakiyo
MonarchShōgun
1st Daimyō of Yamagata Domain
In office
1845–1866
Preceded byAkimoto Yukitomo
Succeeded byMizuno Tadahiro
1st Daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain
In office
1845–1845
Preceded byMizuno Tadakuni
Succeeded byInoue Masaharu
Personal details
Born(1833-02-05)February 5, 1833
DiedMay 8, 1884(1884-05-08) (aged 89)
Tokyo, Japan
Spouse(s)daughter of Inoue Masaharu of Tanagura Domain
FatherMizuno Tadakuni

Biography

Mizuno Tadakiyo was the eldest son of Mizuno Tadakuni, the daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain and chief senior councilor (Rōjū) in service to the Tokugawa shogunate. After the failure of the Tenpō Reforms, Tadakuni was forced into retirement and exile, and turned the leadership of the Mizuno clan and the position of daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain to Tadakiyo in 1845.

However, the same year, Tadakuni was reassigned to Yamagata Domain (50,000 koku) in Dewa Province. After the pardon of his father in 1851, Tadakuni’s fortunes improved. Within the shogunal administration, he received the post of Jisha-bugyō (Commissioner of Shrine and Temples) and wakadoshiyori (Junior Councilor). In 1862, he became a Rōjū in the service of Shōgun Tokugawa Iemochi.

As Rōjū, he worked with Oguri Tadamasa in the construction of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal as part of the Tokugawa shogunate’s efforts to modernize Japan’s military.

He retired from public life in 1866 on the death of Shōgun Tokugawa Iemochi, and was succeeded at Yamagata by his son Mizuno Tadahiro. Mizuno Tadakiyo was married to a daughter of Inoue Masahari, a fellow Rōjū and daimyō of Tanagura Domain.

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