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The Ansei Purge was a process in which ''[[Tairo|Tairô]]'' [[Ii Naosuke]] and his allies purged from their positions more than 100 shogunal officials, Imperial courtiers, and ''daimyô'' opposed to his faction.

The Ansei Purge was a process in which ''[[Tairo|Tairô]]'' [[Ii Naosuke]] and his allies purged from their positions more than 100 shogunal officials, Imperial courtiers, and ''daimyô'' opposed to his faction.

This came in the wake of the signing of the [[Harris Treaty]], a deeply unpopular move among many prominent figures in the realm. While the Purge helped Naosuke consolidate power in the hands of his supporters, it also contributed significantly to the anger of his opponents, leading eventually to his assassination in [[1860]] in the [[Sakuradamongai Incident]].

This came in the wake of the signing of the [[Harris Treaty]] on 1858/6/19, a deeply unpopular move among many prominent figures in the realm not only in terms of disagreements as to what the shogunate's foreign policy approaches or stances should be, but also because the treaty was signed without imperial approval. Further, many of those who opposed the signing of the treaty also actively supported [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] rather than [[Tokugawa Yoshitomi]] (Iemochi) as the shogunal successor, plotting behind the back of the shogunate to gather support among court nobles, daimyo, and others, as well as imperial orders explicitly backing Yoshinobu and calling for the negation of the treaty. Yoshitomi was officially named shogunal heir on 1858/6/25.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 597.</ref>

Figures who fell victim to the purge included [[Hotta Masayoshi]] and [[Matsudaira Tadataka]], who were forced to step down as ''[[roju|rôjû]]''; [[Yamauchi Toyoshige]] (Yôdô), who was forced to abdicate his position as lord of [[Tosa han]]; and [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], [[Tokugawa Yoshikatsu]], [[Tokugawa Nariaki]], and [[Matsudaira Shungaku]], who were confined to their homes, among many others.

 

 

Figures who fell victim to the purge included [[Hotta Masayoshi]] and [[Matsudaira Tadataka]], who were forced to step down as ''[[roju|rôjû]]''; [[Yamauchi Toyoshige]] (Yôdô) and [[Tokugawa Yoshikumi]] who were forced to abdicate their positions as lords of [[Tosa han]] and [[Nagoya han]] respectively; and [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], [[Tokugawa Yoshikatsu]], [[Tokugawa Nariaki]], and [[Matsudaira Shungaku]], who were confined to their homes, among many others.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 4.</ref>

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==References==

==References==

* Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 271n430, 273-274.

* Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 271n430, 273-274.

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