Mizuno Tadakiyo | |
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水野忠精 | |
 Mizuno Tadakiyo | |
| Monarchs | Shōgun |
| 1stDaimyō ofYamagata Domain | |
| In office 1845–1866 | |
| Preceded by | Akimoto Yukitomo |
| Succeeded by | Mizuno Tadahiro |
| 1stDaimyō ofHamamatsu Domain | |
| In office 1845–1845 | |
| Preceded by | Mizuno Tadakuni |
| Succeeded by | Inoue Masaharu |
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| Born | (1833-02-05)February 5, 1833 |
| Died | May 8, 1884(1884-05-08) (aged 51) Tokyo, Japan |
| Spouse | daughter ofInoue Masaharu ofTanagura Domain |
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Mizuno Tadakiyo (水野 忠精, February 5, 1833 – May 8, 1884) was adaimyō duringBakumatsu period Japan, who served as chief senior councilor (Rōjū) in service to theTokugawa shogunate.
Mizuno Tadakiyo was the eldest son ofMizuno Tadakuni, thedaimyō ofHamamatsu Domain and chief senior councilor (Rōjū) in service to theTokugawa shogunate. After the failure of theTenpō Reforms, Tadakuni was forced into retirement and exile, and turned the leadership of theMizuno clan and the position ofdaimyō of Hamamatsu Domain to Tadakiyo in 1845.
However, the same year, Tadakuni was reassigned toYamagata Domain (50,000koku) inDewa Province. After the pardon of his father in 1851, Tadakuni’s fortunes improved. Within the shogunal administration, he received the post ofJisha-bugyō (Commissioner of Shrine and Temples) andwakadoshiyori (Junior Councilor). In 1862, he became aRōjū in the service ofShōgunTokugawa Iemochi.
AsRōjū, he worked withOguri Tadamasa in the construction ofYokosuka Naval Arsenal as part of the Tokugawa shogunate’s efforts to modernize Japan’s military.
He retired from public life in 1866 on the death ofShōgun Tokugawa Iemochi, and was succeeded at Yamagata by his sonMizuno Tadahiro. Mizuno Tadakiyo was married to a daughter ofInoue Masahari, a fellowRōjū anddaimyō ofTanagura Domain.
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