| Along with lord of [[Morioka han]] [[Nanbu Toshihisa]], lord of [[Hirosaki han]] [[Tsugaru Yukitsugu]], and lord of [[Matsumae han]] [[Matsumae Takahiro]], Yoshikuni was assigned by the shogunate in [[1855]] to take on guard duties in certain areas of [[Ezo]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 36.</ref> | | Along with lord of [[Morioka han]] [[Nanbu Toshihisa]], lord of [[Hirosaki han]] [[Tsugaru Yukitsugu]], and lord of [[Matsumae han]] [[Matsumae Takahiro]], Yoshikuni was assigned by the shogunate in [[1855]] to take on guard duties in certain areas of [[Ezo]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 36.</ref> |
− | Yoshikuni first married [[Konoe Tomoko]] (Tsuna-hime), a daughter of [[Takatsukasa Masahiro]];<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 342.</ref> following her death in [[1852]], in [[1856]] he then married [[Tokugawa Takako]] (Yashiro-hime), a younger sister of [[Tokugawa Yoshiatsu]], lord of [[Mito han]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 187.</ref> | + | Yoshikuni first married [[Konoe Tomoko]] (Tsuna-hime), a daughter of [[Takatsukasa Masahiro]];<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 342.</ref> following her death in [[1852]], in [[1856]] he then married [[Tokugawa Takako]] (Yashiro-hime), a younger sister of [[Tokugawa Yoshiatsu]], lord of [[Mito han]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 187.</ref> Yoshikuni's adopted son [[Date Mochimura]] succeeded [[Tamura Kuniyuki]] to become lord of [[Ichinoseki han]] in [[1857]].<ref> Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 356.</ref> |