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[[File:Matsura-shigenobu-4th.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Portrait of Matsura Shigenobu. Matsura Historical Museum, Hirado.]]
[[File:Matsura-shigenobu-tensho-grave.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Shigenobu's grave at Yûkô-ji temple in Hirado]]
*''Born: [[1622]]''
*''Died: [[1703]]''
*''Other Names'': 松浦重信 ''(Matsura Shigenobu)'', 天祥公 ''(Tenshou kou)''
*''Japanese'': [[松浦]]鎮信 ''(Matsura Shigenobu, Matsura Chinshin)''

Matsura Shigenobu was the 29th head of the [[Matsura clan]] and fourth [[Edo period]] lord of [[Hirado han]].

He was the first lord of Hirado han to be born in [[Edo]]. He traveled to [[Hirado]] for the first time in [[1637]]. Four years later, in [[1641]], the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] ordered the [[Dutch East India Company]] factory at Hirado shuttered and relocated to [[Dejima]] in [[Nagasaki]]. This dealt a major blow to the domain's economy, but Shigenobu was able to lead the domain through various economic reforms that successfully adapted to the situation; in [[1667]], the shogunate formally recognized and honored him for these accomplishments.

Shigenobu was close with thinker [[Yamaga Soko|Yamaga Sokô]] and led his retainer band in adopting Yamaga-style tactics and training.

He was also an avid practitioner of [[tea ceremony]], founding his own school of ''[[buke cha]]'' ("warrior tea," i.e. as opposed to the mainstream Senke and Mushanokôji schools of tea) which spread widely and is still practiced today.

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{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Matsura Takanobu (1592-1637)|Matsura Takanobu]]'''
|width="35%"|'''Lord of [[Hirado han]]<br>([[1637]]-[[1689]])'''
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Matsura Takashi]]'''
|}
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Matsura Shiryôkan, Hirado.

[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]