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Created page with "right|thumb|240px|Statue of Ii Naosuke at [[Hikone castle]] *''Born: 1815'' *''Died: 1860/3/3'' *''Titles: Tairô (1858/4/23-..."
[[File:Naosuke-hikone.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Statue of Ii Naosuke at [[Hikone castle]]]]
*''Born: [[1815]]''
*''Died: [[1860]]/3/3''
*''Titles: [[Tairo|Tairô]] ([[1858]]/4/23-1860/3/3)''
*''Japanese'': [[井伊]]直弼 ''(Ii Naosuke)''
Ii Naosuke was a prominent [[Tairo|Tairô]] of the [[Bakumatsu period]], known for his support of ending the [[maritime restrictions]] of the [[Edo period]] and "opening" the country, and for his engineering of the [[Ansei Purges]] in which he purged from the government a great many shogunate officials belonging to rival factions.
Born at the [[Keyaki]]goten, the lord's private residence within [[Hikone castle]], Naosuke became lord of [[Hikone han]] at the age of 36. He was named Tairô in [[1858]], and was a strong supporter of [[Hotta Masayoshi|Hotta Masayoshi's]] having negotiated and agreed to the Treaty of Amity and Commerce ([[Harris Treaty]]).
Among his many activities as Tairô, in addition to the Ansei Purges, Naosuke suggested the succession of [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] to the position of shogun following the death of [[Tokugawa Iesada]], and restored [[Manabe Akikatsu]] to the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' after disagreements with [[Mizuno Tadakuni]] forced Akikatsu to retire from the position.
Naosuke was killed by [[Mito han]] loyalists outside the Sakuradamon (Sakurada Gate) of [[Edo castle]] on [[1860]]/3/3, in what is known as the ''Sakuradamongai no hen'' or [[Sakuradamongai Incident]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Hikone castle.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
*''Born: [[1815]]''
*''Died: [[1860]]/3/3''
*''Titles: [[Tairo|Tairô]] ([[1858]]/4/23-1860/3/3)''
*''Japanese'': [[井伊]]直弼 ''(Ii Naosuke)''
Ii Naosuke was a prominent [[Tairo|Tairô]] of the [[Bakumatsu period]], known for his support of ending the [[maritime restrictions]] of the [[Edo period]] and "opening" the country, and for his engineering of the [[Ansei Purges]] in which he purged from the government a great many shogunate officials belonging to rival factions.
Born at the [[Keyaki]]goten, the lord's private residence within [[Hikone castle]], Naosuke became lord of [[Hikone han]] at the age of 36. He was named Tairô in [[1858]], and was a strong supporter of [[Hotta Masayoshi|Hotta Masayoshi's]] having negotiated and agreed to the Treaty of Amity and Commerce ([[Harris Treaty]]).
Among his many activities as Tairô, in addition to the Ansei Purges, Naosuke suggested the succession of [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] to the position of shogun following the death of [[Tokugawa Iesada]], and restored [[Manabe Akikatsu]] to the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' after disagreements with [[Mizuno Tadakuni]] forced Akikatsu to retire from the position.
Naosuke was killed by [[Mito han]] loyalists outside the Sakuradamon (Sakurada Gate) of [[Edo castle]] on [[1860]]/3/3, in what is known as the ''Sakuradamongai no hen'' or [[Sakuradamongai Incident]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Hikone castle.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Samurai]]