Matsudaira Sadanobu

Matsudaira Sadanobu
Portrait of Matsudaira Sadanobu
3rd Lord of Shirakawa
In office
1783–1812
Preceded byMatsudaira Sadakuni
Succeeded byMatsudaira Sadanaga
Personal details
Born(1759-01-15)January 15, 1759
Edo, Japan
DiedJune 14, 1829(1829-06-14) (aged 70)

Matsudaira Sadanobu (松平 定信, January 15, 1759 – June 14, 1829) was a Japanese daimyō of the mid-Edo period, famous for his financial reforms which saved the Shirakawa Domain, and similar reforms he undertook during his tenure as chief senior councilor (老中首座, rōjū shuza) of the Tokugawa shogunate, from 1787 to 1793.