| *''Other Names'': [[松浦]]清 ''(Matsuura Kiyoshi)'', 松浦英三郎 (''Matsuura Eizaburou'') | | *''Other Names'': [[松浦]]清 ''(Matsuura Kiyoshi)'', 松浦英三郎 (''Matsuura Eizaburou'') |
− | Matsuura Kiyoshi, perhaps more well-known by his [[art-name]] (''gô'') Matsuura Seizan, was the 9th lord of [[Hirado han]]. He is especially known for his 200-volume ''[[Kasshi yawa]]'', a collection of records of his thoughts and experiences. | + | Matsuura Kiyoshi, perhaps more well-known by his [[art-name]] (''gô'') Matsuura Seizan, was the 9th lord of [[Hirado han]] (61,500 ''[[koku]]''<ref>Fukai Masaumi 深井雅海, Tôken to kakutsuke 刀剣と格付け, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (2018), 78.</ref>). He is especially known for his 200-volume ''[[Kasshi yawa]]'', a collection of records of his thoughts and experiences. |
| Known as Eizaburô as a child, he was born in [[1760]] the son of [[Matsuura Masanobu]]<!--aka Masashi 政-->, who was in turn the third son of the 8th lord of Hirado, [[Matsuura Sanenobu]]. His father Masanobu died in [[1771]], and upon his grandfather's retirement in [[1775]]/2, Eizaburô, known by his adult name Kiyoshi, became lord of Hirado at the age of 16, with 61,700 ''[[koku]]''. His rank and title were Junior Lower Fifth Rank, Iki-no-kami. Facing chronic difficulties in the domain finances, Kiyoshi undertook numerous structural and economic reforms, and is credited with considerable noticeable successes in that realm. | | Known as Eizaburô as a child, he was born in [[1760]] the son of [[Matsuura Masanobu]]<!--aka Masashi 政-->, who was in turn the third son of the 8th lord of Hirado, [[Matsuura Sanenobu]]. His father Masanobu died in [[1771]], and upon his grandfather's retirement in [[1775]]/2, Eizaburô, known by his adult name Kiyoshi, became lord of Hirado at the age of 16, with 61,700 ''[[koku]]''. His rank and title were Junior Lower Fifth Rank, Iki-no-kami. Facing chronic difficulties in the domain finances, Kiyoshi undertook numerous structural and economic reforms, and is credited with considerable noticeable successes in that realm. |