Matsura Takanobu (1592–1637)

Matsura Takanobu (松浦 隆信, January 13, 1592 – July 16, 1637) was the 3rd daimyō of Hirado Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan. He was also the 28th hereditary head of the Matsura clan.

This article is about the 17th-century daimyo and 28th head of the Matsura clan. For the 16th-century samurai and 25th head of the clan, see Matsura Takanobu.

In this Japanese name, the family name is Matsura.

Matsura Takanobu
1653 portrait of Takanobu by Kanō Yasunobu, with added text by Kōgetsu Sōkan (江月宗玩) (Matsura Historical Museum)[1]
Daimyō of Hirado
In office 1603–1637
Preceded by	Matsura Hisanobu
Succeeded by	Matsura Shigenobu
Personal details
Nationality	Japanese
Mother	Ōmura Sono
Father	Matsura Hisanobu

Takanobu was the eldest son of Matsura Hisanobu, 2nd daimyo of the domain, and Sono. When his father died suddenly at the age of 32, he became lord of the domain at the age of 12, under the guardianship of his grandfather.

Foreign trade was important to the domain, and Takanobu sought exchanges with Dutch and English merchants.[2][1]

Takanobu had the Dharma name Shōjū-in (正宗院)) and was also baptised.[1]

Notes

1. 平戸松浦家の名宝と禁教 [Famous Treasures of the Hirado Matsura Clan and the Ban on Religious Teaching] (PDF) (in Japanese). Seinan Gakuin University Museum. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
2. Clulow, Adam (2014). The Company and the Shogun: The Dutch Encounter with Tokugawa Japan. Columbia University Press. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-231-16428-3.

Preceded by Matsura Hisanobu	3rd Daimyō of Hirado 1603–1637	Succeeded by Matsura Shigenobu