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| * ''Birth: [[1835]]'' | | * ''Birth: [[1835]]'' |
| * ''Death: [[1893]]'' | | * ''Death: [[1893]]'' |
− | * ''Titles: Higo no kami'' | + | * ''Titles: Higo no kami, [[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]'' |
| * ''Childhood name: Keinosuke'' | | * ''Childhood name: Keinosuke'' |
| * ''Other names: Masane Reishin (Shinto name)'' | | * ''Other names: Masane Reishin (Shinto name)'' |
− | * ''Japanese'': 松平 容保 ''(Matsudaira Katamori)'' | + | * ''Japanese'': [[松平]] 容保 ''(Matsudaira Katamori)'' |
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| + | Matsudaira Katamori was the ninth [[Edo period]] lord of [[Aizu han]], and a prominent figure in [[Bakumatsu period]] politics. |
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| ==Kyoto== | | ==Kyoto== |
− | Katamori was born as a son of Lord [[Matsudaira Yoshitatsu]] of [[Takasu han]]. | + | Katamori was the sixth son of Lord [[Matsudaira Yoshitatsu]] of [[Takasu han]]. He was adopted by [[Matsudaira Katataka]] of [[Aizu han]] in [[1846]], and became lord of Aizu in [[1852]] upon Katataka's death. |
− | He was adopted by [[Matsudaira Katataka]] of [[Aizu han]] in [[1846]]. | |
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− | In [[1862]], he was apointed as the [[Military Commissioner of Kyoto]] and took 1000 Aizu Samurai to [[Kyoto]] in December.
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− | [[1863]] August, he succeeded to expel [[Choshu han]] lobbyists from the imperial court and he got great trust from [[Emperor Komei]].([[Political change on August 18.]]) | + | On [[1862]]/int.8/1, he was appointed to the position of Kyoto ''shugo shoku'' (Military Commissioner of Kyoto) and took 1000 Aizu samurai to [[Kyoto]] later that year. While in Kyoto, he made efforts to support the unification of the imperial court and the shogunate (''[[Kobu gattai|Kôbu gattai]]'') and used the [[Shinsengumi]] to maintain public peace. |
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− | While in Kyoto, he used the [[Shinsengumi]] to maintain public peace.
| + | In summer [[1863]], he succeeded in expelling [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]] lobbyists from the imperial court and gained the trust of [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]]. |
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− | [[1867]], Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] returned political power to [[Emperor Meiji]] and the Military Commissioner of Kyoto was abolished. | + | In [[1867]], Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] returned political power to [[Emperor Meiji]] and the position of Military Commissioner of Kyoto was abolished. |
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| ==The Battle of Aizu== | | ==The Battle of Aizu== |
− | Katamori left Kyoto during the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]] with Shogun Yoshinobu and returned to Aizu in february. | + | *''See also [[Battle of Aizu]]'' |
− | Pro-Emperor troops defeated the Bakufu troops in Ueno (the [[Battle of Ueno]]) and headed to north in May. | + | Katamori left Kyoto during the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]] with Shogun Yoshinobu and returned to Aizu. Pro-Imperial troops defeated Tokugawa troops in the [[Battle of Ueno]] and headed north several months later. The domains in the northern provinces then allied together against the pro-Imperial troops which were mainly from [[Satsuma han]] and Chôshû. However some domains went over to the pro-Imperial side; most ultimately surrendered before Aizu did. |
− | The han in northern provinces allied together to against the Pro-Emperor troops which were mainly [[Satsuma han]] and [[Choshu han]]. | |
− | However some of the han went over to the Pro-Emperor side and most han surrendered before Aizu fell. | |
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| ==Meiji== | | ==Meiji== |
− | After the [[Boshin War]], Katamori confined himself until [[1872]] and became the chief priest of [[Nikko Tosho Gu|Nikkô Tôshô Gû]] in [[1880]]. | + | After the [[Boshin War]], Katamori confined himself until [[1872]] and became the chief priest of [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]] in [[1880]]. |
− | Katamori died of Pneumonia in [[1893]], he kept a letter from Emperor Komei with him all the time but he never talked about [[Bakumatsu]].
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| + | Katamori died of pneumonia in [[1893]]. |
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− | ==Reserach Books== | + | ==Research Books== |
| + | * ''Kyoto Shugoshoku Shimatsu'' (京都守護職始末) [[Yamakawa Hiroshi]] |
| + | * ''Matsudaira Katamori'' (松平容保) Obigane Mitsutoshi |
| + | * ''Matsudaira Katamori'' (松平容保) Hoshi Ryoichi |
| + | * ''Haisha kara mita Meijiishin'' (敗者から見た明治維新) Saotome Mitsugu |
| + | * ''Matsudaira Katamori no Shogai'' (松平容保の生涯) Kobiyama Rokuro |
| + | * ''Matsudaira Katamori'' (松平容保) Haji Hideya |
| + | * ''Matsudaira Katamori ha Choteki ni arazu'' (松平容保は朝敵にあらず) Nakamura Akihiko |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |