Hoshina Masayuki

In this Japanese name, the family name is Hoshina.

Hoshina Masayuki
File:Hoshina Masayuki.jpg
Lord of Aizu
In office 1643–1669
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Hoshina Masatsune
Personal details
Born	(1611-06-17)June 17, 1611 Edo, Japan
Died
Nationality	Japanese
Relations	Father: Tokugawa Hidetada

Hoshina Masayuki (保科 正之, June 17, 1611 – February 4, 1673) was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, who was the founder of what became the Matsudaira house of Aizu. He was an important figure in the politics and philosophy of the early Tokugawa shogunate.

Anecdotes

Tokugawa Iemitsu asked the famed swordsman Miyamoto Musashi to paint a screen portraying wild ducks. This was to pass into the hands of Masayuki, who took it with him to Aizu, and kept it as one of his family treasures.

References

• Noguchi, Shin'ichi (2005). Aizu-han. Tokyo: Gendai shokan.
• Ooms, Herman (1975). Charismatic Bureaucrat: A Political Biography of Matsudaira Sadanobu, 1758-1829. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Tokitsu, Kenji (2004). Miyamoto Musashi - Life and Writings. Boston: Shambhala.

Further Reading

• Kasuga, Tarō (1985). Hoshina Masayuki-kō: Edo bakusei no genrō: Aizu Wakamatsu-han no oya. Tokyo: Chōeisha: Hatsubaimoto Seiunsha.

External links

• (Japanese)Page featuring the Hanitsu Shrine
• (Japanese)Family background on the Hoshina clan

Preceded by Hoshina Masamitsu	Hoshina family head 1631-1669	Succeeded by Hoshina Masatsune
Preceded by Hoshina Masamitsu	Daimyo of Takatō 1631-1636	Succeeded by Torii Tadaharu
Preceded by Torii Tadatsune	Daimyo of Yamagata 1636-1643	Succeeded by Matsudaira Naomoto
Preceded by Katō Akinari	Daimyo of Aizu 1643-1669	Succeeded by Hoshina Masatsune