Takiwaki Matsudaira

The crest of the Takiwaki-Matsudaira (滝脇松平家)
The Takiwaki-Matsudaira (滝脇松平家 Takiwaki-Matsudairake) is a branch of the Matsudaira clan that originated from Matsudaira Norikiyo (松平乗清), the ninth son of Matsudaira Chikatada (松平親忠, 1431-1501). The name derives from the locality of Takiwaki, Kamo-gun, Mikawa Province (present-day Takiwaki, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture). In the Edo period (1603-1868), members of the Takiwaki Matsudaira served as daimyō of Kojima Domain in Suruga (modern-day Shizuoka Prefecture).


The lineage of Matsudaira Noritaka

  • Matsudaira Noritaka (松平乗喬, d. 1592) served Tokugawa Ieyasu and fought against the Mikawa Ikko-Ikki. During the attack on Odawara in 1590, he served Toyotomi Hideyoshi at Saya no Nakayama Pass and was later rewarded by Ieyasu.
  • Matsudaira Noritsugu (松平乗次), Noritaka's son, served Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara and received 600 koku in Mikawa Province (including his ancestral village of Takiwaki). He would later serve shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu.
  • According to historical records, the Takiwaki clan consisted of two families: the line of Masasada (正貞), Noritsugu's son-in-law, and the line of Norihisa (乗久), Noritsugu's son (Matsudaira-Shirouemon Noritake).


Asō Matsudaira lineage (麻生松平家)

Matsudaira Shirouemon Masatada (松平四郎右衛門正忠), who was killed in battle at Kanie in Owari Province in 1584, is said to be a member of the Takiwaki Matsudaira family. Few biographical details survived, but reportedly his family came from Asō (麻生). Masatada had three sons, Masahide (正秀), Masakatsu (正勝) and Katsuhide (勝秀). Katsuhide's son Masashige (政重) held the title of shoinban (書院番, guard) and 1,200 koku. Masashige's second son Saburobei (三郎兵衛) inherited the family of his maternal grandfather, Murakushi Sanzaemon (村串三左衛門), however, his younger brother, Masakichi (正吉), took over the house and restored his surname to Matsudaira. The house of the Asō Matsudaira died out when Masaharu (正吉), who Masakichi had adopted, was denied permission to adopt a successor.


Matsudaira Tango no Kami lineage (Kojima Domain)

The Matsudaira Tango no Kami (松平丹後守家) descended from the fifth grandson of Matsudaira Norikiyo, Matsudaira Masakatsu (松平乗清). His family later became the damiyō of Kojima (小島藩, Suruga Province, in modern-day Shimizu Ward of Shizuoka Cty). Masakatsu served Tokugawa Ieyasu as a hatamoto and distinguished himself at the Battle of Osaka in the Winter Campaign of 1614, but was killed at the Battle of Tennoji and Okayama in the Summer Campaign. Shigenobu, the second son of Matsudaira Ienobu of the Katahara Matsudaira, succeeded him as son-in-law by order of shogun Tokugawa Hidetada. In 1645, Shigenobu was promoted to the rank of Tango no Kami (Governor of Tango), then to the head of Koshōgumi (小姓組番頭), Shoinban(書院番頭), and Daiban (大番頭), all military ranks in the Edo bakufu.

The next generation adopted Nobutaka (信孝), an illegitimate son of Matsudaira Norinobu of the Tanba Sasayama Domain of the Katahara Matsudaira. In May 1689, he became damiyō with an additional 4,000 koku in Musashi and Ueno, on top of his 6,000 koku in Suruga, securing him a total of 10,000 koku. Nobutaka, capable but sickly, died in October 1690 at the age of 36. His successor, Matsudaira Nobuharu (松平信治, 1673-1724), the second son of Toda Shigetsune, a hatamoto, was adopted by Nobutaka's nephew and succeeded him. During the reign of Nobuharu, the domains of Musashi and Ueno were transferred to Suruga Province and established an administrative headquarters (陣屋 jin'ya) in Kojima. The 10,000-koku domain of Suruga-Kojima lasted until the end of the Edo period.

At the beginning of the Meiji Period (1868-1912), the Kojima clan was transferred to Kazusa Province (上総国, Sakurai). Matsudaira Nobutoshi (松平信敏, 1851-1887) served as the 11th and last damiyō of Kojima and changed his surname to Takiwaki (滝脇) in 1869. He was ennobled with the title of Viscount (子爵 shishaku) in 1884 when the nobility was introduced.


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Marunitsuta (丸に蔦) crest of the Matsudaira and the Matsudaira Ichiroemon clans

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The Ivy (蔦, tsuta) crest of Matsudaira Iwajiro

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Marunikikyō crest of the Kojima clan


Reference:

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint from 1910; Tuttle, 1972
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