About Hoshina Masakage
Lived 1616 – 1700 (aged 83). Hoshina Masakage was a Japanese samurai.
(October 15, 1616 – July 2, 1700) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Iino Domain. His court title was Danjō no chū. He was the son of Hoshina Masasada, but was dispossessed of family headship due to his father's adoption of an outside heir. However, after his father's death, Masakage was reinstated, and inherited rulership of the Iino domain. He held a variety of low to mid-level posts in the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of Nikkō Sairei-bugyō, connected with the shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu at Nikkō.
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Who was Hoshina Masakage?
daimyo
When was Hoshina Masakage born?
Hoshina Masakage was born on 15 October 1616.
When did Hoshina Masakage die?
Hoshina Masakage died on 2 July 1700.
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Hoshina Masakage was a samurai.
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Hoshina Masakage was Japanese.
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