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Was Matsudaira Sadanobu an Inflexible Stickler? He Was a Master of His Craft in the Shirakawa Domain, but Failed Miserably in the Kansei Reforms.

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Having a serious personality is undoubtedly a virtue in life. However, if you go too far, people around you will find you irritating, and today we are focusing on someone who is perhaps the most serious in Japan. On June 14, 1829 (May 13, Bunsei 12), Matsudaira Sadanobu, well known for the Kansei Reforms, passed away. Some may only have a negative impression of him as "a man who mercilessly squeezed the wallets of ordinary people and failed." Or…
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Having a serious personality is undoubtedly a virtue in life. However, if you go too far, people around you will find you irritating, and today we are focusing on someone who is perhaps the most serious in Japan. On June 14, 1829 (May 13, Bunsei 12), Matsudaira Sadanobu, well known for the Kansei Reforms, passed away. Some may only have a negative impression of him as "a man who mercilessly squeezed the wallets of ordinary people and failed." Or…

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BUSHOO!JAPAN(武将ジャパン) broke the news in on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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