− | Matsudaira Sadamasa was a half-brother of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], ''[[Noto province|Noto]] no kami'', and lord of [[Kariya han]] in [[Mikawa province]]. | + | Matsudaira Sadamasa was a nephew of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], ''[[Noto province|Noto]] no kami'', and lord of [[Kariya han]] in [[Mikawa province]]. |
− | He was born in [[Fushimi castle]], the sixth son of [[Matsudaira Sadakatsu]]. In [[1633]], he became a [[page]] (''koshô''<!--小性-->) under [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]]; the following year he was granted a 5,000 ''[[koku]]'' fief, and was made head of the pages. He was then granted the 7,000 ''koku'' domain of [[Nagashima han]] in [[Ise province]] the following year ([[1635]]), and the year after that, continued as an attendant to the shogun. | + | He was born in [[Fushimi castle]], the sixth son of [[Matsudaira Sadakatsu]], who was half-brother to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. In [[1633]], Sadamasa became a [[page]] (''koshô''<!--小性-->) under [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]]; the following year he was granted a 5,000 ''[[koku]]'' fief, and was made head of the pages. He was then granted the 7,000 ''koku'' domain of [[Nagashima han]] in [[Ise province]] the following year ([[1635]]), and the year after that, continued as an attendant to the shogun. |
| Sadamasa was made lord of Kariya han, a 20,000 ''koku'' domain, in [[1649]]. | | Sadamasa was made lord of Kariya han, a 20,000 ''koku'' domain, in [[1649]]. |