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Matsudaira Yorishige
Matsudaira Yorishige was the first lord of the Takamatsu domain in Sanuki, a son of Tokugawa Yorifusa of Mito and elder brother of Tokugawa Mitsukuni. In 1642 he received eastern Sanuki with 120,000 koku, and his line ruled Takamatsu until the Meiji Restoration as close kin of the shoguns. He developed the town's water supply and the Ritsurin garden.
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