Wakadoshiyori

The nihongo|Wakadoshiyori|若年寄|, or "Junior Elders", were high government officials in 17th century Tokugawa Japan. The position was established around 1631, but appointments were irregular until 1662.

The four to six "Wakadoshiyori" were subordinates to the "Rōjū", or "Elders", and were responsible for a variety of duties. There were periods when the number of "wakadoshiyori" rose to 6 or 7 at one time.Beasley, William G. (1955). "Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868," p. 330.]

The "wakadoshiyori" ranked below the "rōjū" in status, but they ranked 4above the "jisha-bugyō." These officials were tasked with supervising the activities of members of the feudal class below "daimyō" status [see above] ] -- and this would include the "hatamoto" (the Shogun's direct retainers), craftsmen, physicians, public works, and vassals of the Shogun whose annual income was less than 10,000 "koku".

They also oversaw the activities of offices in the great castle cities of the country, including Kyoto and Osaka.

List of "Wakadoshiyori"

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Under Tokugawa Iemitsu (1623–1651)

*Matsudaira Nobutsuna (1633-1635)
*Abe Tadaaki (1633-1635)
*Hotta Masamori (1633-1635)
*Abe Shigetsugu (1633-1638)
*Ōta Sukemune (1633-1638)
*Miura Masatsugu (1633-1639)
*Dōi Toshitaka (1635-1638)
*Sakai Tadatomo (1635-1638)
*Kutsuki Tanetsuna (1635-1649)

Under Tokugawa Ietsuna (1651–1680)

*Kuze Hiroyuki (1662-1663)
*Tsuchiya Kazunao (1662-1665)
*Doi Toshifusa (1663-1679)
*Nagai Naotsune (1665-1670)
*Hotta Masatoshi (1670-1679)
*Matsudaira Nobuoki (1679-1682)
*Ishikawa Norimasa (1679-1682)

Under Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1680–1709)

*Hotta Masahide (1681-1685)
*Inaba Masayasu (1682-1684)
*Akimoto Takatomo (1682-1699)
*Naitō Shigeyori (1684-1685)
*Matsudaira Tadachika (1685)
*Ōta Sukenao (1685-1686)
*Inagaki Shigesada (1685-1689)
*Ōkubo Tadamasu (1687-1688)
*Miura Akihiro (1689)
*Yamauchi Toyoakira (1689)
*Matsudaira Nobutaka (1689-1690)
*Naitō Masachika (1690-1694)
*Katō Akihide (1690-1711)
*Matsudaira Masahisa (1694-1696)
*Yonekura Masatada (1696-1699)
*Honda Masanaga (1696-1704)
*Inoue Masamine (1699-1705)
*Inagaki Shigetomi (1699-1709)
*Nagai Naohiro (1704-1711)
*Kuze Shigeyuki (1705-1713)
*Ōkubo Norihiro (1706-1723)

=Under Tokugawa Ienobu (1709–1712) and Ietsugu (1713–1716)=

*Torii Tadateru (1711-1716)
*Mizuno Tadayuki (1711-1714)
*Ōkubo Tsuneharu (1713-1728)
*Morikawa Toshitane (1714-1717)

Under Tokugawa Yoshimune (1716–1745)

*Ishikawa Fusashige (1717-1725)
*Matsudaira Norikata (1723-1735)
*Mizuno Tadasada (1723-1748)
*Honda Tadamune (1725-1750)
*Ōta Sukeharu (1728-1734)
*Koide Hidesada (1732-1744)
*Nishio Tadanao (1734-1745)
*Itakura Katsukiyo (1735-1760)
*Toda Ujifusa (1744-1758)

Under Tokugawa Ieshige (1745–1760)

*Kanō Hisamichi (1745-1748)
*Hori Naohisa (1745-1748)
*Miura Yoshisato (1745-1749)
*Hotta Masanobu (1745-1751)
*Akimoto Suketomo (1747)
*Kobori Masamine (1748-1751, 1756-1760)
*Koide Fusayoshi (1748-1767)
*Matsudaira Tadatsune (1748-1768)
*Sakai Tadayoshi (1749-1761, 1761-1787)
*Ōoka Tadamitsu (1754-1756)
*Honda Tadahide (1758)
*Mizuno Tadachika (1758-1775)

Under Tokugawa Ieharu (1760–1786)

Under Tokugawa Ienari (1787–1837)

Under Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1837–1853)

=Under Tokugawa Iesada (1853–1858) and Iemochi (1858–1866)=

* Sakai Tadasuke (1853-1862), 1863, 1864-1866). [Beasley, p. 339.]
* Andō Nobumasa ((1858-1860). [Beasley, p. 331.]
* Mizuno Tadakiyo (1861-1862). [Beasley, p. 337.]
* Ogasawara Nagamichi (1862).Beasley, p. 338.]

Under Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1867–1868)

*Hoshina Masaari (1866-1867)
*Ōkōchi Masatada (1866-1867)
*Kyōgoku Takatomi (1866-1868)
*Asano Ujisuke (1867)
*Kawakatsu Kōun (1867)
*Nagai Naoyuki (1867-1868)
*Matsudaira Chikayoshi (1867-1868)
*Takenaka Shigekata (1867-1868)
*Hori Naotora (1867-1868)
*Tsukahara Masayoshi (1867-1868)
*Katsu Kaishū (1868)
*Ōkubo Ichiō (1868)
*Hattori Tsunezumi (1868)
*Imagawa Norinobu (1868)
*Atobe Yoshisuke (1868)
*Kawatsu Sukekuni, also known as Kawazu Sukekune (1868). [Beasley, p. 334.]
*Mukōyama Ippaku (1868)
*Kondō Isami (1868)

"Wakadoshiyori-kaku"

The "wakadoshiyori-kaku" were bakufu officials ranking as "wakadoshiyori," but not actually appointed as such. [Beasley, pp. 327, 330.] "'List of "wakadoshiyori-kaku"
* Nagai Naomune (1867-1868). [see above] ]

Notes

References

* Beasley, William G. (1955). [http://books.google.com/books?id=jjOCAAAAIAAJ&dq=Niigata+bugyo&pgis=1"Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868."] London: Oxford University Press. [reprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001. 10-ISBN 0-197-13508-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-197-13508-2 (cloth)]
* Sansom, George. (1963). "A History of Japan: 1615-1867." Stanford: Stanford University Press.10-ISBN 0-8047-0527-5; 13-ISBN 978-0-804-70527-1

ee also

* Bugyō