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*''Built: [[1759]]''
*''Born: [[1651]]''
*''Died: [[1724]]''
*''Titles: Wakadoshiyori; Karô''
*''Japanese'': 津田玄蕃 ''(Tsuda Genba)''
Tsuda Genba (津田玄蕃) was a prominent [[Maeda clan]] retainer in 17th century [[Kanazawa]]. A ''[[buke yashiki]]'' (samurai residence) associated with him can be seen today in [[Kenrokuen]], just outside [[Kanazawa castle]].
Tsuda Genba was a prominent [[Maeda clan]] retainer in 17th century [[Kanazawa]]. A ''[[buke yashiki]]'' (samurai residence) associated with him can be seen today in [[Kenrokuen]], just outside [[Kanazawa castle]].
The Tsuda residence was originally established inside the walls of Kanazawa castle, along with those of other high-ranking retainers, around [[1600]]. While many other retainers moved out of the castle grounds in the 1610s, or following a fire in [[1635]], Tsuda Genba remained within the castle grounds until the 1660s.
The Tsuda residence was originally established inside the walls of Kanazawa castle, along with those of other high-ranking retainers, around [[1600]]. While many other retainers moved out of the castle grounds in the 1610s, or following a fire in [[1635]], Tsuda Genba remained within the castle grounds until the 1660s.
He and his descendants were one of only twelve samurai families under the Maeda to have an income of 10,000 ''[[koku]]'' or more.
He served as ''[[wakadoshiyori]]'' and as head of the firefighting corps before becoming ''[[karo|karô]]''. However, when there was a large fire in the city in 1690 and Tsuda was out [[takagari|hunting with his falcons]], he was dismissed from his post.
The house, destroyed in a fire in the Hôreki era and rebuilt in [[1759]], was used as a medical school beginning in the 1870s, and was moved from Ôtemachi to Kenrokuen in 1923, where it remains today. The interiors have been restored, but the ''genkan'', or entrance area, remains much the way it was originally. The house was declared a Tangible Cultural Asset by the prefecture in 1989.
Tsuda reentered the service of the Maeda thirty years later, becoming ''karô'' once again, and being assigned as well to see to the upbringing of the daimyo's successor. He and his descendants were one of only twelve samurai families under the Maeda to have an income of 10,000 ''[[koku]]'' or more. He died at the age of 74 in 1724.
The residence, destroyed in a fire in the Hôreki era and rebuilt in [[1759]], was used as a medical school beginning in the 1870s, and was moved from Ôtemachi to Kenrokuen in 1923, where it remains today. The interiors have been restored, but the ''genkan'', or entrance area, remains much the way it was originally. The house was declared a Tangible Cultural Asset by the prefecture in 1989.
==References==
==References==
*[http://shofu.pref.ishikawa.jp/shofu/meienki/e/zukan/cont/0078.html Kenrokuen Garden Picture Guide]. Digital Archives of Ishikawa Japan. Accessed 26 October 2009.
*[http://shofu.pref.ishikawa.jp/shofu/meienki/e/zukan/cont/0078.html Kenrokuen Garden Picture Guide]. Digital Archives of Ishikawa Japan. Accessed 26 October 2009.
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