Aoyama Tadanari
Aoyama Tadanari (青山 忠成, September 6, 1551 – April 10, 1613) was a
Shibuya
is named after him.
History
The
Nukata District in Mikawa Province (present Okazaki, Aichi). Aoyama Tadakado, Tadanari's father, served both Matsudaira Hirotada and Tokugawa Ieyasu, and thus Tadanari served near Ieyasu since he was young. In 1572, his father died in battle with Takeda Shingen
and Tadanari inherited the estate.
Tadanari was highly trusted by Ieyasu, and in 1585 he commanded him to guard his son
Shibuya. Present day Aoyama
is so named because one of Tadanari's mansions was located there.
In 1600, Tadanari joined
Hidetada's army at the Battle of Sekigahara and obtained 15,000 koku of lands between Kazusa Province and Shimōsa Province. In addition to being the Edo magistrate, he also served as the general magistrate for the entire Kantō region. After the start of the Edo shogunate, he was heavily involved in shogunate policy along with Honda Masanobu and Naitō Kiyonari
. Along with Naitō in 1606, he is temporarily sentenced to house arrest but is soon pardoned.
References
- ISBN 978-981-4137-59-1.
- ^ The East. East Publications. 1985. pp. 24–25.