Tsuneo Matsudaira

Tsuneo Matsudaira
Tsuneo Matsudaira
	Matsudaira in 1932
President of the House of Councillors
	In office; 1947–1949
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Naotake Satō
Personal details
Born	April 17, 1877; Tokyo, Japan
Died	November 14, 1949 (aged 72); Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse(s)	Nobuko Nabeshima
Children	Setsuko, Princess Chichibu; Matsudaira Ichiro
Parents	Matsudaira Katamori (father)

Tsuneo Matsudaira (松平恒雄, Matsudaira Tsuneo, April 17, 1877 – November 14, 1949) was a Japanese diplomat of the 20th century.

Diplomatic and political career

The son of Lord Matsudaira Katamori of Aizu, Tsuneo served as Japanese Ambassador to the United States. In 1929–1935 served as Ambassador to Britain, and in that capacity represented his country at the London Conference on Naval Armaments in 1930. During that conference, he was convinced to accept the ratio in ships which appeared humiliating to the Japanese government through the persuasion efforts of one of the US delegates, Senator David A. Reed, who in return agreed to grant the Japanese government better terms on non-combatant ships.[1][2]

In 1936–1945 served as head of the Imperial Household Agency. His tenure as head of the Imperial Household Agency ended in resignation on June 4, 1945, after he took responsibility for part of the Imperial Palace burning in the American firebombing of Tokyo. During the last year of the war was among the Japanese leaders who acknowledged that the war was lost and suggested searching for early surrender.[3] After the Second World War, for a brief period in 1946, circles related to the Palace attempted to convince the Liberal Party leadership to promote Matsudaira's candidacy as Prime Minister, but the post was eventually handed to Shigeru Yoshida.[4] Tsuneo served as the first head of the new House of Councillors from the entry into effect of the new Japanese constitution until his death.

Family

Tsuneo was also the father of Matsudaira Setsuko, the wife of Prince Chichibu and Matsudaira Ichiro, father of Tokugawa Tsunenari the 18th Tokugawa Head Family.

Honors

From the corresponding Japanese Wikipedia article

Japanese decorations

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (31 May 1924; Second Class: 1 November 1920; Third Class: 28 June 1919)
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (11 April 1931; Fourth Class: 1 April 1916; Fifth Class: 24 August 1911; Sixth Class: 1 April 1906)

Works

Matsudaira, Tsuneo. "Sports and Physical Training in Modern Japan," Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London, 8 (1907/1909), 120

Ancestry

[5]

Ancestors of Tsuneo Matsudaira

16. Tokugawa Harumori, 6th Lord of Mito (1751–1805)

8. Matsudaira Yoshinari, 9th Lord of Takasu (1776–1832)

17. Maeda Sayama

4. Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, 10th Lord of Takasu (1800–1862)

9. Hiramatsu

2. Matsudaira Katamori, 9th Lord of Aizu (1836–1893)

10. Komori

5. Komori Chiyoko

1. Matsudaira Tsuneo (1877–1949)

6. Kawamura Genbei

3. Kawamura Nagako

References

William Braisted (1991) "On the General Board of the Navy, Admiral Hilary Jones, and Naval Arms Limitation, 1921–1931" The Dwight D. Eisenhower Lectures in War & Peace, No. 4, Kansas State University "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-03-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Van John Sant; Peter Mauch; Yoneyuki Sugita (1 March 2010). The A to Z of United States-Japan Relations. Scarecrow Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4617-2039-3.
United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Japan's Struggle to End the War, p. 3
Juha Saunavaara (2009). "Occupation Authorities, the Hatoyama Purge and the Making of Japan's Postwar Political Order". The Asia-Pacific Journal. 7 (39).
"Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 November 2017.

External links

Media related to Tsuneo Matsudaira at Wikimedia Commons
(in Japanese)Japanese Wiki article on Tsuneo Matsudaira
Timeline of Tsuneo's life
Chichibu, Princess Setsuko. The Silver Drum.

House of Councillors
Preceded by New post	President of the House of Councillors 1947–1949	Succeeded by Naotake Satō
Political offices
Preceded by Kurahei Yuasa	Minister of the Imperial Household 1936–1945	Succeeded by Sōtarō Ishiwata
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Matsui Keishirō	Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1929–1935	Succeeded by Shigeru Yoshida
Preceded by Masanao Hanihara	Japanese Ambassador to the United States 1924–1928	Succeeded by Katsuchi Debuchi

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[1] William Braisted (1991) "On the General Board of the Navy, Admiral Hilary Jones, and Naval Arms Limitation, 1921–1931" The Dwight D. Eisenhower Lectures in War & Peace, No. 4, Kansas State University "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-03-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Van John Sant; Peter Mauch; Yoneyuki Sugita (1 March 2010). The A to Z of United States-Japan Relations. Scarecrow Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4617-2039-3.

[3] United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Japan's Struggle to End the War, p. 3

[4] Juha Saunavaara (2009). "Occupation Authorities, the Hatoyama Purge and the Making of Japan's Postwar Political Order". The Asia-Pacific Journal. 7 (39).

[descent-5] "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 November 2017.