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Matsudaira Shungaku was the last ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Echizen han]], and played a prominent role in [[Bakumatsu]] politics.

Matsudaira Shungaku was the last ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Echizen han]], and played a prominent role in [[Bakumatsu]] politics.

He adopted a daughter of [[Matsudaira Naoharu]] (lord of [[Itoigawa han]]) named Makoto, and married her to [[Tairo|Tairô]] [[Abe Masahiro]] in [[1853]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 402.</ref> Shungaku was forced into retirement and house arrest in [[1858]] as part of the [[Ansei Purges]]; the shogunate designated [[Matsudaira Naokiyo]], lord of [[Itoigawa han]], to become his successor.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 4.</ref>

He adopted a daughter of [[Matsudaira Naoharu]] (lord of [[Itoigawa han]]) named Makoto, and married her to [[Tairo|Tairô]] [[Abe Masahiro]] in [[1853]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 402.</ref> Shungaku was forced into retirement and house arrest in [[1858]] as part of the [[Ansei Purges]]; the shogunate designated [[Matsudaira Naokiyo]], lord of [[Itoigawa han]], to become his successor.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 5.</ref>

In [[1862]], Shungaku received a document containing "three emergency measures" from [[Kiyokawa Hachiro|Kiyokawa Hachirô]]. He then formed the [[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]], hiring a group of ''[[ronin]]'' to help guard Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] on a [[1863]] trip to [[Kyoto]]. In conjunction with these responsibilities, Shungaku was named ''seiji sôsaishoku'', a high-ranking government oversight position.

In [[1862]], Shungaku received a document containing "three emergency measures" from [[Kiyokawa Hachiro|Kiyokawa Hachirô]]. He then formed the [[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]], hiring a group of ''[[ronin]]'' to help guard Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] on a [[1863]] trip to [[Kyoto]]. In conjunction with these responsibilities, Shungaku was named ''seiji sôsaishoku'', a high-ranking government oversight position.