Not sure about all the kanji, so I can only read part of it....
Page 33-- "Tsuma Tokio no Ie" ("(his) Wife, Tokio's Family"
Regarding the wedding---
Hon-nakoudo (Chief go-between): Matsudaira Katamori.
Shimo-nakodo ("Lesser" go-between): Yamakawa Hiroshi
(not sure) something about Sagawa Kanbei "starting" something.
Matsudaira's adopted sister Teru-hime was involved.
Takagi clan were major retainers of the Aizu Matsudaira-- with a stipend of
300 koku.
Tokio's father Kojuurou was born in 1818.
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Will look into the kanji I don't know and get back to you all.
--M.
(who finally, finally, finally feels that he's got his "edge" for getting
into this stuff on his own back)
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