Uesugi Harunori
9th head of the Yonezawa domain
Uesugi Harunori (上杉 治憲; September 9, 1751 – April 2, 1822) was the 9th daimyō of Yonezawa Domain in Dewa Province, Japan (modern-day Yamagata Prefecture), under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. After retirement, he adopted the gō, or pen name, Yōzan (鷹山). Today, he is best remembered for his financial reforms, and he is often cited as an example of a good governor of a domain.
Biography
Harunori was the younger son of Akizuki Tanemitsu, daimyō of Takanabe Domain in Hyūga Province. His mother was a granddaughter of the fourth daimyō of Yonezawa Domain, Uesugi Tsunanori.His childhood names were "Matsusaburō" (松三郎) and "Naomatsu" (直松). His mother died when he was very young, and he was raised by his grandmother, which strengthened his ties to Yonezawa. At age ten he was adopted by Uesugi Shigesada, then daimyō of Yonezawa, who had a daughter but no male heir. After arriving in Yonezawa, from 1763 he became an ardent disciple of the Neo-Confucian scholar Hosoi Heishu, whose teaching would strongly influence his political philosophy and governing outlook. In 1766, he underwent the genpuku ceremony and received the kanji of "Haru" in his name from Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu as a sign of special favor. In 1767, he became daimyō of Yonezawa.
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