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Nariakira returned to Satsuma, and began directly effecting the enhancement of coastal defenses, among other activities, to the resentment of his father's faction, including his father's chief advisor, Zusho. As a result of the tension between these two factions within the domain government, Nariakira and Zusho went about implementing their plans separately, sometimes at odds with one another, and sometimes acting redundantly, not discussing their plans with one another. Nariakira's power within the domain ebbed and waned as he and his father exchanged places, traveling between Kagoshima and Edo.<ref name=hellyer160/>
Nariakira returned to Satsuma, and began directly effecting the enhancement of coastal defenses, among other activities, to the resentment of his father's faction, including his father's chief advisor, Zusho. As a result of the tension between these two factions within the domain government, Nariakira and Zusho went about implementing their plans separately, sometimes at odds with one another, and sometimes acting redundantly, not discussing their plans with one another. Nariakira's power within the domain ebbed and waned as he and his father exchanged places, traveling between Kagoshima and Edo.<ref name=hellyer160/>
Tensions between the two factions heated up as Nariakira schemed against his father. In [[1848]]/8, he revealed to certain influential ''daimyô'' secret plans proposed by Zusho Shôzaemon, which led to Zusho committing [[seppuku|suicide]] four months later, in order to protect his lord, Narioki. Meanwhile, Narioki promoted Nariakira's half-brother, [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], to high positions within the domain government in order to counteract Nariakira's own influence. In late [[1849]], hearing rumor of a plot by Nariakira to organize the assassination of Hisamitsu and his mother Yura, Narioki had around forty members of Nariakira's faction rounded up, and either exiled or forced to commit suicide.
With the support of his great-uncle [[Kuroda Narihiro]] of [[Fukuoka han]] and [[Date Munenari]] of [[Uwajima han]], however, Nariakira was ultimately able to have Abe Masahiro pressure his father to step down as ''daimyô'', with Nariakira succeeding him in [[1851]]/2.<ref>Hellyer, 162.</ref>
==As Daimyô==
==As Daimyô==
==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Following Nariakira's death, his brother [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], acting as regent for his son, the ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], reversed many of Nariakira's policies, especially those pertaining to Ryûkyû, and acted in strong support of the shogunate and of samurai privilege through the Bakumatsu and into the Meiji period.
Following Nariakira's death, his brother Shimazu Hisamitsu, acting as regent for his son, the ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], reversed many of Nariakira's policies, especially those pertaining to Ryûkyû, and acted in strong support of the shogunate and of samurai privilege through the Bakumatsu and into the Meiji period.
In accordance with his wishes, however, after his death, a series of factories were constructed in [[Kagoshima]] in [[1865]] for the industry and also military defense of the domain. The complex included reverberating furnaces, blast furnaces, a smithy, a foundry, and a glass workshop. Parts of the complex survive today as the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] museum, the main hall of which has been designated an [[Important Cultural Property]].<ref>Pamphlets available on-site at Shôkôshûseikan; [http://www.shuseikan.jp/eng/index.html Shoko Shuseikan official website] (English).</ref>
In accordance with his wishes, however, after his death, a series of factories were constructed in [[Kagoshima]] in [[1865]] for the industry and also military defense of the domain. The complex included reverberating furnaces, blast furnaces, a smithy, a foundry, and a glass workshop. Parts of the complex survive today as the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] museum, the main hall of which has been designated an [[Important Cultural Property]].<ref>Pamphlets available on-site at Shôkôshûseikan; [http://www.shuseikan.jp/eng/index.html Shoko Shuseikan official website] (English).</ref>