   was a samurai who lived in the last days of the edo period and the early to mid meiji period. he was the 9th daimyo of the aizu han and the military commissioner of kyoto during the bakumatsu period. during the boshin war, katamori and the aizu han fought against the meiji government armies, but were severely defeated. katamori's life was spared, and he later became the chief of the tÅshÅgÅ« shrine. he, along with his three brothers sadaaki, yoshikatsu, and mochiharu, had highly influential roles during the meiji restoration and were called the four takasu brothers (takasu yon-kyÅdai ). ==early life== matsudaira katamori was born in the yotsuya district of edo, on february 15, 1836, at the residence of the takasu domainyamakawa hiroshi, kyoto shugoshoku shimatsu. tokyo: heibonsha, 1966, p. 7. takasu was a domain in mino province. he was the seventh son of matsudaira yoshitatsu, daimyo of takasu, born by one of yoshitatsu's concubines, a woman of the komori family whose name is believed by some scholars to be chiyo (she was also known by her buddhist name, zenkyÅ-in.)kobiyama rokurÅ, matsudaira katamori no shogai: shashinshu tÅkyÅ: shin jinbutsu oraisha, 2003, p. 18 katamori, or as he was first known, keinosuke (), had an eventful childhood. though the takasu domain was small, it had a high level of prestige due to its status as a branch family of the tokugawa clan (through the gosanke house of owari). furthermore, in the history of the takasu-matsudaira line, there were daimyo who had been adopted from senior branches of the tokugawa clan, such as mito. consequently, katamori was in a very good position to be adopted out to a senior member of the tokugawa house. this opportunity presented itself in the form of matsudaira katataka, the 8th generation lord of the aizu domain. yoshi
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