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Age: Early Edo period. (17th century)

Remarks: There are two family crests on this suit. The suit belonged to family member of the Matsudaira Daimyo Clan.

Historical: Matsudaira is a very noble family name, since all members of the Matsudaira clan are closely related to the Shogun.

It is known for being the clan into which Tokugawa Ieyasu was born. Before taking the Tokugawa surname, he was known as Matsudaira Takechiyo. The reason for changing his surname from Matsudaira to Tokugawa is to claim to have imperial decent from the Minamoto clan. In adopting the new surname, Ieyasu founded what became the Tokugawa shogunal house.

Prior to the ascendancy of Ieyasu as shogun, the Matsudaira clan had 14 branches. While they did not always see eye to eye, many of these branches went on to become lords of domains in their own right during the Edo Period.

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