Matsudaira Morisada
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Matsudaira Morisada (松平保定 Matsudaira Morisada?); (1926-) is a retired Japanese businessman who is active in historical preservation. The grandson of Matsudaira Katamori, he spends a fair amount of time in Aizu. Morisada was approached by the Imperial Household Agency in the late 1980s, with a request to serve as an official at the mourning ceremony for Emperor Hirohito; simultaneously, they expressed a desire to install him as chief priest of Yasukuni Shrine. Morisada declined the Yasukuni appointment, as the shrine was built to enshrine the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army who died in the Boshin War; in other words, the very men who had destroyed his grandfather's domain.[1]
Morisada's heir is his son Matsudaira Morihisa.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.zaikai21.co.jp/zaifuku/back/0306.html
- ^ Kobiyama Rokurō, Matsudaira Katamori no Shōgai: Shashinshu. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha, 2003, p. 189
| Preceded by Matsudaira Morio |
Aizu-Matsudaira family head 1944 – present |
Incumbent |
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