Kōriki Tadafusa

Kōriki Tadafusa
高力忠房
Kōriki Tadafusa; 高力忠房
Born	1584; Hamamatsu, Japan
Died	January 7, 1656; Edo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Daimyō

Kōriki Tadafusa (高力忠房, 1584 – January 7, 1656) was a daimyō under the Tokugawa shogunate in early-Edo period Japan.

Biography

Kōriki Tadafusa was born in Hamamatsu, Tōtōmi Province, in 1584 as the eldest son of the daimyō of Iwatsuki Domain (20,000 koku) in Musashi, Kōriki Masanaga. However, as his father died when Tadafusa was still young, he was raised by his grandfather Kiyonaga. Tadafusa inherited the lordship of the Iwatsuki Domain from his grandfather in 1599, and shortly afterward, joined Tokugawa Hidetada's army for the Battle of Sekigahara, though the army did not arrive in time for the battle. In the wake of Sekigahara, Mashita Nagamori was entrusted to Tadafusa's care.

In 1609, Iwatsuki Castle was destroyed by fire. In 1614, Tadafusa was assigned to oversee the smooth transfer of Odawara Domain from the disgraced Ōkubo Tadachika to Abe Masatsugu.

Tadafusa also took part in the Siege of Osaka, and pursued the remnants of Toyotomi forces led by Doi Toshikatsu into Yamato Province . In 1619, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain (30,000 koku), which was increased in revenue to 40,000 koku by 1634.

In April 1639, in the wake of the Shimabara Rebellion, Tadafusa was reassigned by order of the shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu to Shimabara Domain (40,000 koku) in Hizen Province. The new territory was a wasteland devastated by years of rebellion and warfare. However, Tadafusa was able to restore the area to its former productivity within a year through tax exemptions, pardons for surviving rebels, and encouraging immigration of farmers from other areas of Japan. He was also assigned the security of Nagasaki with its foreign trade port, and was an important element in the security system of the Tokugawa shogunate in a mostly tozama-held Kyūshū.

Tadafusa was married to a daughter of Sanada Nobuyuki of Ueda Domain, and was succeeded by his son Kōriki Takanaga.

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References

Papinot, Edmond. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.

Preceded by Kōriki Kiyonaga	Daimyō of Iwatsuki 1600–1619	Succeeded by Aoyama Tadatoshi
Preceded by Matsudaira Tadayori	Daimyō of Hamamatsu 1619–1638	Succeeded by Matsudaira Norinaga
Preceded by Matsukura Katsuie	Daimyō of Shimabara 1638–1655	Succeeded by Kōriki Takanaga

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