Inaba Masamichi

• Born: 1640
• Other Names: 稲葉 正通 (Inaba Masamichi)
• Japanese: 稲葉 正往 (Inaba Masamichi)

Inaba Masamichi was a lord of Odawara han, and served as Kyoto shoshidai from 1681/11/15 to 1685/9/21.

He was born in 1640 as a son of lord of Odawara han Inaba Masanori. In 1663, he served in the vanguard for Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna's procession to Nikkô Tôshôgû.

In 1681/4, he was named sôshaban and concurrently Jisha bugyô (Magistrate for Temples and Shrines), before being assigned later that same year to the position of Kyoto shoshidai. He took up his post in Kyoto the following month, in the 12th month of that year.

Preceded by Toda Tadamasa

Kyoto shoshidai 1681-1685

Succeeded by Tsuchiya Masanao

References

• Otsuka Katsumi 大塚活美, "Chosen tsushinshi gyoretsu o egaku Boston bijutsukan bon rakuchu rakugai zu ni tsuite" 「朝鮮通信使行列を描くボストン美術館本洛中洛外図について」、ART RESEARCH 21 (2021), p182.