Matsudaira Nobutsune (Kaminoyama)
Biography. Matsudaira Nobutsune was the eldest son of Matsudaira Nobumichi, the 8th "daimyō" of Kaminoyama. He became "daimyō" on the retirement of his father in 1862. During his tenure, he is noted for building an irrigation canal. In late 1867, he was appointed commander of the shogunate forces which (together with forces from Shōnai Domain, participated in the arson attack against the Satsuma Domain residence in Mita, Edo, which was one of the flash-points for the start of then Boshin War. Kaminoyama Domain's "karō", Kaneko Kiyokuni was killed in the attack. During the Boshin War , the domain was a member of the pro-Tokugawa Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei. He surrendered to the Meiji government in September 1868 and was placed under house arrest at the clan's "bodaiji" of Shoko-ji in Tokyo. The domain was reduced in "kokudaka" by 3000 "koku" and Nobutsune was forced to retire in favor of his younger brother, Matsudaira Nobuyasu. He died in 1918 at the age of 75.