Itakura Shigenori

In this Japanese name, the surname is Itakura.

Itakura Shigenori (板倉 重矩; November 22, 1617 – July 13, 1673) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.^[1] Shigenori's daimyō family claimed descent from the Shibukawa branch of the Seiwa Genji. The Itakura identified its clan origins in Mikawa Province, and the progeny of Katsuhige (1542–1624), including the descendants of his second son Shigemasa (1588–1638), were known as the elder branch of the clan. Katsuhige was Shingeori's grandfather; and Shigenori was the eldest son of Shigemasa.^[2]

Itakura Shigenori
2nd (Itakura) Lord of Fukōzu
In office 1639–1639
Preceded by	Itakura Shigemasa
Succeeded by	none
1st Lord of Mikawa-Nakajima
In office 1639–1672
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	none
1st (Itakura) Lord of Karasuyama
In office 1672–1673
Preceded by	Hori Chikamasa
Succeeded by	Itakura Shigetane
5th Kyoto Shoshidai
In office 1668–1670
Preceded by	Makino Chikashige
Succeeded by	Nagai Naotsune
Personal details
Born	1617
Died	July 13, 1673
Nationality	Japanese

Shigenori's youth was spent in Mikawa province. In 1615, Shigenori's father was granted yearly revenues from Mikawa in honor of his warrior conduct during the siege of Osaka.

Career of shogunate service

Shigenori was made governor of Osaka Castle^[2] and then rōjū.^[3] His served for a time as rōjū (1665–1668), and then he left Edo for Kyoto.^[4]

He served as the shōgun's representative in the capital as the fourth Kyoto shoshidai in the period which spanned July 19, 1668 through April 3, 1670.^[1] He returned to Edo for a second term as rōjū (1670–1673).^[4] His service to the Tokugawa shogunate was serially rewarded in Fukōzu and Mikawa-Nakajima. In 1672, he was made daimyō of Karasuyama in Shimotsuke Province.^[2]

His grandfather was the second shoshidai and his uncle was the third shoshidai. Shigenori followed their examples by joining his father as part of the shogunate's army during the Shimabara Rebellion.