Makino Sadanaga (牧野 貞長, November 21, 1733 – September 30, 1796) was a Japanesedaimyō of the mid-Edo period.[1]
The Makino were identified as one of thefudai or insiderdaimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of theTokugawa clan, in contrast with thetozama or outsider clans.[2]
ThefudaiMakino clan originated in 16th centuryMikawa Province. Their elevation in status byToyotomi Hideyoshi dates from 1588.[2] They claim descent fromTakenouchi no Sukune,[3] who was a legendary Statesman[4] and lover of the legendaryEmpress Jingū.[5]
Sadanaga was part of a cadet branch of the Makino which was created in 1680.[2] These Makino resided successively atSekiyado Domain inShimōsa Province in 1683; atYoshida Domain atMikawa Province in 1705; atNabeoka Domain inHyūga Province in 1712; and, from 1747 through 1868 atKasama Domain (80,000koku) inHitachi Province.[3]
The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.[3]
Sadanaga served theTokugawa shogunate as its twenty-eighthKyotoshoshidai in the period spanning July 2, 1781, though June 28, 1784.[1] Sadanaga was the son ofMakino Sadamichi (1707–1749), who was the nineteenthshoshidai. He would be distantly related to the fifty-fifthshoshidai,Makino Tadayuki (1824–1878), who was descended from the elder Makino branch.[3]