page_title: Matsura Takanobu (1592–1637)
hierarchical_section_title: Matsura Takanobu (1592–1637)
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 平戸藩主松浦隆信の肖像。
context_page_description: Matsura Takanobu was the 3rd daimyō of Hirado Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan. He was also the 28th hereditary head of the Matsura clan.
  Takanobu was the eldest son of Matsura Hisanobu, 2nd daimyo of the domain, and Sono. When his father died suddenly at the age of 32, he became lord of the domain at the age of 12, under the guardianship of his grandfather.
  Foreign trade was important to the domain, and Takanobu sought exchanges with Dutch and English merchants.
  Takanobu had the Dharma name Shōjū-in ) and was also baptised.
context_section_description: Matsura Takanobu (松浦 隆信, January 13, 1592 – July 16, 1637) was the 3rd daimyō of Hirado Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan. He was also the 28th hereditary head of the Matsura clan.
  Takanobu was the eldest son of Matsura Hisanobu, 2nd daimyo of the domain, and Sono. When his father died suddenly at the age of 32, he became lord of the domain at the age of 12, under the guardianship of his grandfather.
  Foreign trade was important to the domain, and Takanobu sought exchanges with Dutch and English merchants.
  Takanobu had the Dharma name Shōjū-in (正宗院)) and was also baptised.
caption: 1653 portrait of Takanobu by Kanō Yasunobu,
  with added text by Kōgetsu Sōkan (江月宗玩)
  (Matsura Historical Museum)[1]
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