Honda Toshinaga

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Honda Toshinaga (1635–January 21, 1693) was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyō) in the early to mid-Edo period. He ruled the Okazaki and Yokosuka domains and later Murayama Domain in Dewa Province.

Born in 1635, Toshinaga was the sixth son of Honda Tadatoshi, the daimyō of Okazaki. His mother was a daughter of Inoue Masanari, the daimyō of Yokosuka. He became head of the Honda clan after his father’s death in 1645. At that time he received 50,000 of the 60,000 koku that made up Okazaki Domain; the remaining 10,000 koku were divided between his brothers Honda Sukehisa and Honda Toshirō.

In 1645 Toshinaga was transferred to Yokosuka Domain. He held the court titles Echizen no Kami and Ju go i no ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) and was married to a daughter of Matsudaira Masatsuna of Tamanawa Domain in Sagami Province.

In 1682 the Tokugawa shogunate confiscated Yokosuka for misconduct and repressive governance. Toshinaga was later pardoned and given 10,000 koku in Dewa Province, creating the Murayama Domain. He died in 1693 at about age 58 and was succeeded by his adopted son Honda Sukeyoshi.

Toshinaga’s grave is at Kyōzen-ji in Roppongi, Tokyo.

Succession briefly: He was preceded as Daimyō of Okazaki by Honda Tadatoshi, then ruled Yokosuka (1645–1682) and Murayama (1682–1692); he was succeeded by Mizuno Tadayoshi (Okazaki), Nishio Tadanari (Yokosuka), and Honda Sukeyoshi (Murayama).