Inoue Masamine served as a member of the rôjû from 1705 to 1722.
Though Inoue suffered from chronic illness in 1722, Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune declined to grant his requests for permission to retire as rôjû; as a result, Inoue died on 1722/5/17 while still actively holding that post.[1]
References
- Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 312n37.
- ↑ Okazaki Hironori, "Kyôhô-ki Ii-ke no zôtô girei to bakusei/hansei," in Asao Naohiro (ed.), Fudai daimyô Ii ke no girei, Hikone Castle Museum (2004), 131.