Tamura Muneyoshi, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Iwanuma Domain
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About Tamura Muneyoshi
- Tamura Muneyoshi (????, June 11, 1637 – May 16, 1678) was a Japanese daimyo of Iwanuma Domain in Mutsu Province of early-Edo period Japan Muneyoshi was the third son of Date Tadamune, the 2nd daimyo of Sendai Domain.
- His mother, Fusa, was a concubine and the daughter of Mitamura Matauemon.
- His childhood name was Kamechiyo (???).
- From 1639, under his father's orders, he was raised by Suzuki Motonobu, a vassal of Sendai Domain, in Osaki, Shida District, as heir to the Suzuki clan.
- In 1649, at the time of his genpuku ceremony, he changed his name to Suzuki Muneyoshi (????). However, in 1653, the Tamura clan was revived, as requested by Megohime (Muneyoshi's grandmother, Date Masamune's wife) via her will, and Muneyoshi became Tamura Muneyoshi, with holdings totalling 10,000 koku in Iwagasaki, Kurihara, in what is now Miyagi Prefecture.
- In 1658, following the death of Date Tadamune, the second daimyo of Sendai Domain.
- Sendai Domain was inherited by the young and impressionable Date Tsunamune, and the clan elders appointed Muneyoshi and his half-brother, Date Munekatsu as guardians.
- In 1660, Muneyoshi gained an additional 20,000 koku in what is now Ichinoseki, along with the courtesy title of Ukyo-no-daifu and [List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles |Court rank]] of Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.
- Munekatsu’s daughter-in-law was the daughter of Tairo Sakai Tadakiyo.
- Through these connections, the Date Munekatsu and Tamura Muneyoshi accused Tadamune of drunkenness and debauchery, who then removed from office for misrule and was confined to a secondary clan residence in Edo.The infant Date Tsunamura was made daimyo of Sendai under the guardianship of his uncles.
- In 1662, Muneyoshi transferred his seat to what is now the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi and officially became daimyo of Iwanuma Domain, a subsidiary domain of Sendai, based in what is now the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi.
- He received the courtesy title of Oki-no-kami in 1670.
- According to waka poetry written about him, Muneyoshi had a mild personality and was popular, in contrast to the events of the Date Sodo. The ten years during which Date Munekatsu and Tamura Muneyoshi ruled in place of the under-age Date Tsunamura were marked by violence and conflict in Sendai Domain.
- Events reached a climax in 1671 when Aki Muneshige, a powerful relative of the Date clan, complained to the shogunate of the mismanagement of the fief under Tsunamura and his uncles.
- In the ensuring Date Sodo, Muneyoshi was relieved of his offices in 1671 and placed under house arrest.
- He was pardoned in 1672.
- In 1678, he died at the clan’s Edo residence at the age of 42.
- He died at age 42, and his grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tozen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.
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