Background
Born in Edo, the eldest son of Matsudaira Masakatsu.
松平 綱昌
Born in Edo, the eldest son of Matsudaira Masakatsu.
He was the head of the Fukui Domain in Echizen Province. He was the illegitimate son of Mitsumichi). However, Tsunamasa soon proved himself to be a cruel lord prone to violent rampages, and the shogunate confiscated the Fukui domain.
Because of the domain"s status and its history dating back to Yūki Hideyasu, the shogunate restored the previous lord Masachika to the family headship.
In 1686, the han was reduced from 475,000 koku to 250,000 koku. Tsunamasa died in 1699, at 38 years of age.
