Matsudaira Masachika | |
|---|---|
| 松平 昌親 | |
 Matsudaira Masachika | |
| Born | May 31, 1640 |
| Died | October 23, 1711 (aged 71) Fukui, Fukui, Japan |
| Burial place | Fukui, Fukui, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Matsudaira Masaaki, Matsudaira Yoshinori |
| Spouse | daughter of Mori Nagatsugu of Tsuyama Domain |
| Father | Matsudaira Tadamasa |
| 5th Daimyō of Fukui Domain | |
| In office 1674–1676 | |
| Preceded by | Matsudaira Mitsumichi |
| Succeeded by | Matsudaira Tsunamasa |
| 7th Daimyō of Fukui Domain | |
| In office 1686–1710 | |
| Preceded by | Matsudaira Tsunamasa |
| Succeeded by | Matsudaira Yoshikuni |
Matsudaira Masachika (松平 昌親, 31 May 1640 – 23 October 1711) was an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and both the 5th and 7th daimyō of Fukui Domain[1][2] He had several names during his lifetime, and is also credited with changing the spelling of the name of "Fukui" from <福居> to <福井>.
- ^ Burks, Ardath W. (1985). The Modernizers: overseas students, foreign employees, and Meiji Japan, p. 42; excerpt, "Mitsumichi's brother, Masachika (daimyō 1674–1676), was adopted from the Matsudalra of Yoshie in accordance with Mitsumichi's will ...."
- ^ DiCenzo, John. (1978). Daimyo, domain and retainer band in the seventeenth century: a study of institutional development in Echizen, Tottori and Matsue, p. 216.