Matsumoto Castle
was a "daimyō" under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. He was the 2nd "daimyō" of Yodo Domain in Yamashiro Province in 1717, 1st "daimyō" of Toba Domain in Shima Province from 1717-1725 and the 1st "daimyō" of Matsumoto Domain in Shinano Province from 1725-1732. His courtesy title was "Tamba-no-kami". Mitsuchika was the fifth son of Matsudaira Mitsuhiro of the Toda-Matsudaira clan. In 1716, he was adopted as heir by his uncle, who was a 3000 "koku" "hatamoto"; however, he was adopted back by his real father only a few months later after the deaths of his two elder brothers. He became "daimyō" on his father's death in 1717, and the same year the clan was ordered to transfer from Yodo to Toba. In 1723, he was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune. In 1725, the clan was again transferred, this time to Matsumoto Domain. In 1728, he was captain of the guard for Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune's pilgrimage to the Nikkō Tōshō-gū. He first visited his domain for the first time in 1730. He spent several weeks the following year touring his domain. In 1732, the palace of Matsumoto Castle burned down, but as there were no funds for rebuilding, he moved into the secondary residence in the second bailey of the castle. He died later the same year at the age of 32 without heir.