Background
Manabe was born in Edo, Japan, the son of a Noh actor and became a servant to the sixth Edo shogun, Tokugawa Ienobu.
間部 詮房
Manabe was born in Edo, Japan, the son of a Noh actor and became a servant to the sixth Edo shogun, Tokugawa Ienobu.
Manabe held the titles of Sobayonin and Daimyo of Takasaki and dominated Ienobu"s cabinet. Even after Ienobu"s death, he remained a powerful figure during the short reign of the seventh shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu. After the death of Ietsugu, Manabe resigned from public office and was moved to Murakami, Echigo-koku by the eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune.
