—Motoyasu see Tokugawa Ieyasu

—Nobutsuna (1596-1662), minister of Iemitsu, and of Ietsuna

—Norimura, minister of Yoshimune, drafts code (1742); succession to
Yoshimune

—Sadanobu (1758-1829), revises code; minister under Ienari; sumptuary laws; educational reforms; retires; matter of rebuilding palace; rank of Tsunehito and Hitotsubashi Harunari; revises rules of procedure

—Tadanao, punished by Tokugawa in 1623

—Tadatem (1593-1683), daimyo of Echigu; removed

—Yoshinaga, baron of Echizen, advocates foreign trade; importance in new Japan

Matsukura Shigemasa (1574-1630), persecutes Christians, urges conquest of Philippines

Matsumae, ruling Northern islands, clash with Russians

Matsuriaga Hisahide (1510-77), kills Norinaga and the shogun
Yoshiteru; ally of Shingen