Narahara Kizaemon
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Jump to navigationJump to searchNarahara Kizaemon was a Satsuma han retainer who is generally considered to have been the one most responsible for the death of English merchant Charles Richardson in the 1862 Namamugi Incident.
Some sources confuse him for his younger brother, Narahara Shigeru aka Narahara Kôgorô, another prominent Satsuma retainer.
Life and Career
A prominent agent of the Shimazu clan daimyô, Kizaemon was sent to Edo in 1858 to aid in efforts to have Tokugawa Yoshinobu named shogunal successor. Ultimately, the faction backing Tokugawa Yoshitomi and led by Ii Naosuke won out, and Kizaemon returned to Satsuma.[1]
References
- ↑ "Narahara Kizaemon." Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten 朝日日本歴史人物事典. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 28 May 2010.
