, was a daimyō in Japan during the Edo period.Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit". Universität Tübingen (in German). Masanao's daimyō family was descended from Minamoto Yasuuji (Seiwa-Genji). The descendants of Tsuchiya (1585–1612) lived successively at Kururi in Kazusa Province; after 1669 at Tsuchiura in Hitachi Province; after 1681 at Tanaka in Suruga Province; and then, after 1688, again at Tsuchiura in Hitachi.Papinot, Edmond. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon – Tsuchiya; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; retrieved 2012-11-7.
