Matsudaira Munehide Explained

Matsudaira Munehide
Nationality:	Japanese
Order:	Lord of Miyazu
Term Start:	1841
Term End:	1866
Predecessor:	Matsudaira Muneakira
Successor:	Matsudaira Munetake
Birth Date:	October 21, 1809

, also known as , was a Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period who ruled the Miyazu Domain (modern-day Miyazu, Kyoto). He was known by the titles (post-1840) or (post-1868).^[1]

Official in the bakufu

Munehide served in a variety of positions in the Tokugawa shogunate, ultimately rising to the position of rōjū in the period from September 1864 through September 1866.^[1] Previously, he had been Kyoto shoshidai in the period spanning July 26, 1862, through September 17, 1862.^[2] In addition, he served as jisha-bugyō from November 1858 through November 1861; and he was Osaka jōdai from February 1861 through July 1862.^[1]

Restoration official

In the Meiji era, he served as chief priest of the Ise Shrine.

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References

• Beasley, William G. (1955). Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868. London: Oxford University Press. [reprinted by [[RoutledgeCurzon]], London, 2001. (cloth)]

Notes and References

1. Beasley, William. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868, p. 332.
2. Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit". University of Tüebingen (in German).