Difference between revisions of "Hotta Masayoshi"
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| + | [[File:Hottamasayoshi.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Statue of Hotta Masayoshi at [[Sakura castle]].]] | ||
| + | [[File:Grave-hottamasayoshi.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Grave of Hotta Masayoshi at [[Jindai-ji]] in Sakura, [[Chiba prefecture|Chiba]].]] | ||
*''Born: [[1810]]'' | *''Born: [[1810]]'' | ||
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*''Japanese'': [[堀田]]正睦 ''(Hotta Masayoshi)'' | *''Japanese'': [[堀田]]正睦 ''(Hotta Masayoshi)'' | ||
| − | Hotta Masayoshi was a ''daimyô'' of [[Sakura han]], and head of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'', famous as the chief Japanese official involved in negotiating the [[1858]] [[Harris Treaty]] (US-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce), which opened four Japanese ports to foreign commerce, and granted a degree of [[extraterritoriality]] to foreigners in Japan. | + | Hotta Masayoshi was a ''daimyô'' of [[Sakura han]] ([[Shimousa province]]), and head of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'', famous as the chief Japanese official involved in negotiating the [[1858]] [[Harris Treaty]] (US-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce), which opened four Japanese ports to foreign commerce, and granted a degree of [[extraterritoriality]] to foreigners in Japan. |
| − | Masayoshi became lord of Sakura in [[1825]], | + | Masayoshi became lord of Sakura in [[1825]], and was later named head of the ''rôjû'' (''rôjû shuza'') in [[1855]]. He was appointed ''gaikoku-jimu-toriatsukai'' (essentially, "foreign minister") the following year, and in opposition to certain other prominent figures in the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], took a stance that Japan needed to engage more actively and openly in foreign intercourse in order to prosper. He thus negotiated the terms of a treaty with US Consul [[Townsend Harris]], resulting in the signing of the treaty on [[1858]]/7/19 (July 29). |
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| + | Masayoshi returned to Sakura shortly after the signing of the treaty, and died there on [[1864]]/3/21. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | *Plaque at [[Sakura castle]]. | ||
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| + | [[Category:Samurai]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:12, 26 July 2013
Hotta Masayoshi was a daimyô of Sakura han (Shimousa province), and head of the rôjû, famous as the chief Japanese official involved in negotiating the 1858 Harris Treaty (US-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce), which opened four Japanese ports to foreign commerce, and granted a degree of extraterritoriality to foreigners in Japan.
Masayoshi became lord of Sakura in 1825, and was later named head of the rôjû (rôjû shuza) in 1855. He was appointed gaikoku-jimu-toriatsukai (essentially, "foreign minister") the following year, and in opposition to certain other prominent figures in the Tokugawa shogunate, took a stance that Japan needed to engage more actively and openly in foreign intercourse in order to prosper. He thus negotiated the terms of a treaty with US Consul Townsend Harris, resulting in the signing of the treaty on 1858/7/19 (July 29).
Masayoshi returned to Sakura shortly after the signing of the treaty, and died there on 1864/3/21.
References
- Plaque at Sakura castle.
