Though the Takasu domain was small, it had a high level of prestige due to its status as a branch family of the Tokugawa clan (through the gosanke house of Owari).
Matsudaira clan | Matsudaira Tadateru | Matsudaira Katamori | Matsudaira Ietada (FukĊzu) | Matsudaira Ietada | Kenta Matsudaira |
Also, according to the biography (see below) he became a relative of the famous Kirino Toshiaki, a Brigadier in the Imperial Army that took Aizuwakamatsu Castle from Matsudaira Katamori in 1868 in the Battle of Aizu.