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Prior to their ascent to ''kuni-mochi'' status, the clan only referred to its domain with the term ''[[kuni]]'' (country/state) in internal documents, employing humbler terms such as ''zaisho'' (residence) or ''ryôbun'' (portion of territory) in exchanges with the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. After 1808, however, the clan began to refer to its domain as a ''kuni'' in these external (''[[omote and uchi|omote]]'') exchanges, a sign of the clan's increased status.
Prior to their ascent to ''kuni-mochi'' status, the clan only referred to its domain with the term ''[[kuni]]'' (country/state) in internal documents, employing humbler terms such as ''zaisho'' (residence) or ''ryôbun'' (portion of territory) in exchanges with the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. After 1808, however, the clan began to refer to its domain as a ''kuni'' in these external (''[[omote and uchi|omote]]'') exchanges, a sign of the clan's increased status.
The clan became embroiled in a succession scandal, known as the [[Sôma Daisaku Incident]], in the 1820s. The 11th lord of Morioka, [[Nanbu Toshimochi]], died at age 14, and was secretly replaced with another young man, who assumed Toshimochi's identity as the 11th lord of the clan. He died quite soon afterward, however, at age 9, and so [[Nanbu Toshitada]] succeeded him as the 12th lord of Morioka. The domain administration failed under Toshitada, and he was forced to retire. However, even with his son, [[Nanbu Toshiyoshi]], having officially succeeded him as ''daimyô'', Toshitada continued to wield significant influence despite his nominal retirement. It is said that his retirement a year and three months later, in favor of his younger brother [[Nanbu Toshihisa]], was at his father's suggestion.
Under Toshihisa, the clan joined the [[Oetsu Reppan Domei|Ôetsu Reppan Dômei]] and fought in support of the shogunate in the [[Boshin War]] of [[1868]], in which the shogunate and its supporters were ultimately defeated by the supporters of a new regime under [[Emperor Meiji]].
==Lords of the Nanbu clan==
==Lords of the Nanbu clan==
*[[Nanbu Shigenao]] (28th)
*[[Nanbu Shigenao]] (28th)
*[[Nanbu Shigenobu]] (29th)
*[[Nanbu Shigenobu]] (29th)
*[[Nanbu Toshinori]]
*[[Nanbu Yukinobu]] (30th)
*[[Nanbu Nobuoki]] (31st)
*[[Nanbu Toshimoto]] (32nd)
*[[Nanbu Toshimi]] (33rd)
*[[Nanbu Toshikatsu]] (34th)
*[[Nanbu Toshimasa]] (35th)
*[[Nanbu Toshinori]] (36th)
*[[Nanbu Toshimochi]] (37th)
*[[Nanbu Toshitada]] (38th)
*[[Nanbu Toshiyoshi]] (39th)
*[[Nanbu Toshihisa]] (40th)
==References==
==References==