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Matsudaira Shigeyoshi

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Matsudaira Shigeyoshi (松平重吉; 1493- 1580) Also known as Jirozaemon (次郎左右衛門). Head of the Nomi-Matsudaira, a branch of the main Matsudaira house which later became the Tokugawa shogual family. Shigeyoshi served three successive generations of the main Matsudaira line: Kiyoyasu, Hirotada, and (Tokugawa) Ieyasu. Served as Okazaki-sōbugyō (Okazaki Magistrate) with Torii Tadayoshi, father of the famous Torii Mototada. Shigeyoshi's 4th son Matsudaira Shigekatsu went on to be the daimyō of Tōtōmi-Yokosuka (26,000 koku).

Source: Rekishi Dokuhon January 2006 issue Tokugawa Shōgun-ke to Matsudaira Ichizoku