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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese singer and actor Ken Matsudaira sings a "Matsuken Samba" series song at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 25, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese singer and actor Ken Matsudaira sings a "Matsuken Samba" series song at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 25, 2025.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira being tossed into the air by members of his team after winning the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. The Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012, that Matsudaira died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011. He was 81.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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Actor Matsudaira plays Oishi in Gishi-sai parade

KOBE, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Matsudaira walks with citizens in a parade at the Gishi-sai festival in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2014, to honor the "Loyal Retainers of Ako." Matsudaira played Oishi Kuranosuke, leader of a group of 47 masterless samurai of Ako who avenged their lord's death in the 18th century.

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Actor Matsudaira leads Gishi-sai parade

KOBE, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Matsudaira leads a parade during the Gishi-sai festival in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2014, to honor the "Loyal Retainers of Ako." Matsudaira played Oishi Kuranosuke, leader of a group of 47 masterless samurai of Ako who avenged their lord's death in the 18th century.

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Fukuhara-Matsudaira pair loses to Taiwan in mixed doubles

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Ai Fukuhara (R) flops down on the ground upon losing a mixed doubles match against Taiwan at the world table tennis championships in Yokohama on May 1. At left is her partner Kenta Matsudaira.

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Morita expresses pleasure at Volleyball Hall of Fame award

TOKYO, Japan - Jungo Morita (R), who has recently been named Japan's fourth inductee into the Volleyball Hall of Fame, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 3. Morita, known for his unique ''one-man feint attack,'' will join Yasutaka Matsudaira (L), Hirofumi Daimatsu and Takako Shirai as inductees to the club. The induction ceremony will be held Oct. 24 in Massachusetts.

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Table tennis: national championships

Shunsuke Togami reacts after defeating Kenta Matsudaira in the men's singles final at the table tennis national championships in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2022.

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Table tennis: national championships

Shunsuke Togami poses with the trophy after defeating Kenta Matsudaira in the men's singles final at the table tennis national championships in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2022.

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Table tennis: national championships

Shunsuke Togami plays against Kenta Matsudaira en route to winning the men's singles final at the table tennis national championships in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2022.

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Table tennis: national championships

Shunsuke Togami plays against Kenta Matsudaira en route to winning the men's singles final at the table tennis national championships in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2022.

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Table tennis: national championships

Shunsuke Togami plays against Kenta Matsudaira en route to winning the men's singles final at the table tennis national championships in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2022.

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Fukuhara-Matsudaira pair loses to Taiwan in mixed doubles

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Ai Fukuhara (R) flops down on the ground upon losing a mixed doubles match against Taiwan at the world table tennis championships in Yokohama on May 1. At left is her partner Kenta Matsudaira. (Kyodo)

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PRINCE CHICHIBU OF JAPAN

PRINCE CHICHIBU (YASHHITO) Son of Emperor Taisho, and champion of international goodwill. Photographed shortly before his marriage to Setsuko Matsudaira in September 1928. Date: 1902 - 1953

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Japanese men settle for bronze in doubles at world table tennis

Japan's Kenta Matsudaira (R) and Koki Niwa pose on May 2, 2015 with their bronze medals in the men's doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou, China. The pair lost a semifinal match to China's Fan Zhengdong and Zhou Yu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese men settle for bronze in worlds doubles

Japan's Kenta Matsudaira (R) and Koki Niwa are subdued after losing to China's Fan Zhengdong and Zhou Yu in four straight games in the men's doubles semifinals at the world table tennis championships in Suzhou, China, on May 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

The cedars along Nikko Highway were donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna on the 33rd anniversary of the death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The building visible in the background probably stands near Oiwake Jizo. This area was beautiful at the time. The sky is visible between the trees. It is said that people could walk here by the light of the moon and stars.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐38‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

The cedars along Nikko Highway were donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna on the 33rd anniversary of the death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The building visible in the background probably stands near Oiwake Jizo. This area was beautiful at the time. The sky is visible between the trees. It is said that people could walk here by the light of the moon and stars.==Date:1904, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐7‐0]

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The residence of Okuma Shigenobu

The residence of Okuma Shigenobu in Totsuka Village (present day Totsuka-machi, Shinjuku Ward). The noted statesman lived in a Western-style mansion in Iida-machi (present day Kudan 1-chome) but later moved into the residence of the former lord of the Takamatsu Clan, Matsudaira Yorisato, located next to Tokyo Polytechnic School. After acquiring the house, he made some extensions and modifications and filled in the garden pond shown in photograph #4005. This is a stereograph sold by Underwood & Underwood Co.==Date:1904, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐74‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

The cedars along Nikko Highway were donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna on the 33rd anniversary of the death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The building visible in the background probably stands near Oiwake Jizo. This area was beautiful at the time. The sky is visible between the trees. It is said that people could walk here by the light of the moon and stars.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number93‐16‐0]

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A merchant family in Yokohama

This same photograph was carried in the March 1, 1872 issue of The Far East under the caption, Geishu Yashiki (Geishu Residence). This was a house of the Aki Clan (present-day western Hiroshima) in the Japanese quarter of Yokohama. Another caption called this a typical Japanese house owned by a merchant who once served Matsudaira Akinokami. These yagura-yashiki (tower-like houses) also existed in the Nihonbashi area during the Edo Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐47‐0]

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Satake Garden,Mukojima

The garden at Nakanogo Kawara-machi (present-day Azumabashi 1-chome, site of Sumida Ward Hall and the Asahi Beer Co. Headquarters). Feudal lord Mizuno Tadaakira of Numazu Clan received the garden as a gift from the 11th Shogun Tokugawa Ienari sometime between 1818 and 1830. A resident of Mikawashima Village named Monzaburo is said to have designed it. According to historical records, the ownership later transferred to Matsudaira Echizennokami of the Fukui Clan of Echizen, and then to Satake Sakyodayu of Akita Clan in 1860. It is a Rinsen-style garden with a pond in the centre and many stones used for landscaping.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐8‐0]

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An estate and its garden

This seems to be the villa of Matsudaira Yorisato, feudal lord of the Takamatsu Clan, located in Totsuka Village (present-day Totsuka-cho, Shinjuku Ward). Okuma Shigenobu, who founded the Tokyo Polytechnic School (present-day Waseda University) in 1882, bought this villa in 1884. It is said that he re-designed the garden in a mixture of Japanese and Western styles. In photograph #5010 taken in 1904, the pond has been filled in and covered with a lawn . This photograph was probably taken by Baron Raimund Stillfried Rathenitz before the villa was purchased by Okuma.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐23‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

The cedars along Nikko Highway were donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna on the 33rd anniversary of the death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The building visible in the background probably stands near Oiwake Jizo. This area was beautiful at the time. The sky is visible between the trees. It is said that people could walk here by the light of the moon and stars.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number61‐5‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

The cedars along Nikko Highway were donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna on the 33rd anniversary of the death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The building visible in the background probably stands near Oiwake Jizo. This area was beautiful at the time. The sky is visible between the trees. It is said that people could walk here by the light of the moon and stars.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐43‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

The cedars along Nikko Highway were donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna on the 33rd anniversary of the death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The building visible in the background probably stands near Oiwake Jizo. This area was beautiful at the time. The sky is visible between the trees.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐18‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

Imaichi was an important crossroad of transport, where Onari (Nikko) Kaido, Reiheishi and Aizunishi Kaido meet. The cedar boulevard donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna to commemorate the 33rd Anniversary of the death of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu stand on these Kaido. The photo is identical to that numbered 14-17.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐8‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

Imaichi was a stronghold on the way to Nikko, where Onari (Nikko) Kaido, Reiheishi Kaido and Aizunishi Kaido met. The cedar boulevard donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu stands on these Kaido. Identical to the photo numbered 25-57.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐80‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

Imaichi was a stronghold leading to Nikko, where Onari (Nikko) Kaido, Reiheishi Kaido and Aizunishi Kaido met. The cedar boulevard donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu is here. A person stands in the middle of the road to emphasize the great size of the cedar trees.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number29‐10‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

Imaichi was an important crossroad for transportation into Nikko, where Onari (Nikko) Kaido, Reiheishi Kaido and Aizunishi Kaido met. The cedar boulevard donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu stands in the Kaido. The same as the picture numbered 31-80.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐57‐0]

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Akashi castle

Akashi Castle was built by Ogasawara Tadamasa in 1619, and the Matsudaira family became lords of the castle afterwards. The existing Hitsuji Saru Yagura and Tatsumiyagura show what it was like then.==Date:unknown, Place:Akashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number24‐7‐0]

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YOKOHAMA geishu yashiki,a warehouse

Japanese warehouses were usually small and unfit for large quantities of cargo, but this is a gigantic fire-resistant warehouse in Yokohama unprecedented in size. The owner is the former lord of Geishu, Matsudaira Agenomori. From the January 22, 1872 edition of The Far East in the republished edition.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐38‐0]

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A shrine

This may be the main gate at Enkakuji Temple. In the main gate of Enkakuji, a plaque with the word Zuirokuzan by Emperor Gokogen is placed, and in the right rear is a spring called Hannyasui, which is one of the five famous waters of Kamakura. The origin of the name is the legend of a discourse about Hannya (prajna) between the priest Seikutsu and Matsudaira Fumai, lord of the Izumo Clan.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐43‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

Imaichi was an important crossroad to Nikko, where Onari (Nikko) Kaido, Reiheishi Kaido and Aizu Nishi Kaido met. The cedar trees donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu stand here. In the centre of the boulevard, a man who looks like an incense merchant stands to emphasize the size of the cedar trees.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐17‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

Imaichi is an important crossroad to Nikko, and Onari (Nikko) Kaido, Reiheishi Kaido and Aizu Nishi Kaido meet there. The cedar boulevard that Matsudaira Masatsuna donated to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu is here. A person stands in the middle of the road to emphasize the size of the cedar trees.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐5‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

Imaichi was an important crossroad for transportation to Nikko, where Onari (Nikko) Kaido, Reiheishi Kaido, and Aizunishi kaido meet. Cedar trees dedicated by Matsudaira Masatsuna to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu stand along these roads. The striped pattern of sun rays coming from between the branches of the cedar trees can be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number8‐24‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

Imaichi was an important junction on the way to Nikko, where Onari (Nikko) Kaido, Riheishi Kaido and Aizu Nishi Kaido meet. These boulevards are lined with cedar trees donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna on the occasion of the 33th anniversary of the death of the Shogun Ieyasu. The rickshaw and puller in the centre of the road emphasize the size of the cedar trees.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐33‐0]

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A row of Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road

Imaichi was an important transportation link to Nikko, where the Onari (Nikko) Kaido, Reiheishi Kaido and Aizu Nishi Kaido met. Cedar trees donated by Matsudaira Masatsuna to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu lined these roads. The great size of the cedar trees is emphasized by the rickshaw and carrier in the middle of the road.==Date:unknown, Place:Imaichi, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐27‐0]

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Actor Matsudaira leads Gishi-sai parade

KOBE, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Matsudaira leads a parade during the Gishi-sai festival in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2014, to honor the "Loyal Retainers of Ako." Matsudaira played Oishi Kuranosuke, leader of a group of 47 masterless samurai of Ako who avenged their lord's death in the 18th century. (Kyodo)

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81. (Kyodo)

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira being tossed into the air by members of his team after winning the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. The Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012, that Matsudaira died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011. He was 81. (Kyodo)

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Ebisu Shrine, Akunoura

Although the English title says Naminohira, this is the Ebisu Shrine in Akunoura. Koyanagi Gorozaemon Michinaga moved from Ebisu-machi (area of present-day Nagasaki Station) to Senowaki Village in Inasa in 1633. This served as an office for Nagasaki Magistrate Matsudaira Zushonokami during the Phaeton Incident. After the Meiji Restoration, this shrine was renamed as Inasa Jinja, but the original name was resurrected in 1937. Fishermen's houses dominated the area, which commanded a scenic view of the opposite shore.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐34‐0]

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24th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Trumpet player Akira Matsudaira plays a song to commemorate victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake during a memorial service at a park overlooking the western Japan city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2019, the 24th anniversary of the disaster that killed more than 6,000 people in Hyogo Prefecture and its vicinity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsudaira Iwaminokami Yasunao (Vice-Delegate of the First Iwakuni Mission to the West)

Matsudaira Iwaminokami Yasunao (Vice-Delegate of the First Iwakuni Mission to the West)==Date:1861-62?, Place:Hong Kong, Photo:, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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25th anniversary of Kobe quake

Trumpet player Akira Matsudaira plays to commemorate victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at a park overlooking the western Japan city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2020, the 25th anniversary of the disaster killed more than 6,000 people in the city and its vicinity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25th anniversary of Kobe quake

Trumpet player Akira Matsudaira plays to commemorate victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at a park overlooking the western Japan city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2020, the 25th anniversary of the disaster killed more than 6,000 people in the city and its vicinity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25th anniversary of Kobe quake

Trumpet player Akira Matsudaira plays to commemorate victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at a park overlooking the western Japan city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2020, the 25th anniversary of the disaster killed more than 6,000 people in the city and its vicinity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25th anniversary of Kobe quake

Trumpet player Akira Matsudaira plays to commemorate victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at a park in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2020, the 25th anniversary of the disaster that killed more than 6,000 people in the western Japan city and its vicinity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Green tea culture in Matsue

A developer shows off a kit of bowls and tea serving tools, called Matsue Chatte, in Matsue, western Japan, on March 28, 2018. The kit went on sale to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of the city's feudal lord Matsudaira Harusato, a champion of tea culture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo