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Childhood name: Masamaru
Pen names: Rakuo and Kagetsuo among others |
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Occupation |
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Feudal Lord of Shirakawa |
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Biographical
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He was the third child of Tayasu Munetake, making him the grandchild
of the eighth Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune.
In 1774 at the age of 17 he was adopted by Matsudaira Sadakuni, the lord
of Shirakawa castle, and inherited the land of the Shirakawa clan in 1783. In
June of 1787 at the age of 30 he became a minister of the shogun in Edo (old Tokyo),
he worked on rebuilding the shogunate until he retired in 1793. He led the "Kansei
(1787-1793) Reformation" one of the three major reformations of the Edo Shogunate
(1603-1867). He died at the age of 72.
He was an excellent scholar, writing such books as "Kagetu Soshi"
and "Uge no Hitokoto". He published "Shuko Jissu" a
study on old literature. He also started work on a compilation of shogunate
works such as "Kansei Choshu Shokafu" and "Tokugawa Jikki". |
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| Ex-libris
Ownership Stamp |
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Known owner's stamps include: " "
(shirakawa)," "
(kuwana)," "
(shirakawa bunko), " "
(kuwana bunko), and " "
(rikkyokan/toshoin). The book "Nihon Zoshoinko"
by Ono Noriaki explains that the "shirakawa" and
"shirakawa bunko" are Sadanobu's and "kuwana",
and "kuwana bunko" are from the Matsudaira family,
and "rikkyokan toshoin" is from the Kuwana clan
school. |
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and the size of the ex-libris ownership stamp |
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 (rakutei
bunko): 61x18mm |
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Collection |
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The National Diet Library holds about 120 items passed on by the Ministry
of Education in 1876. |
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| "Wakan Honzo Satsuyo Shui" |
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