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*''Born: [[1800]]''
*''Died: [[1860]]''
*''Japanese'': [[徳川]]斉昭 ''(Tokugawa Nariaki)''
Tokugawa Nariaki was a lord of [[Mito han]], and a prominent presence in [[Bakumatsu period]] politics. His son, [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], went on to become the last [[shogun]] of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].
He married a [[kuge|court lady]] named Yoshiko, born in [[1804]] the twelfth daughter of an imperial prince.
In [[1853]], Nariaki was appointed by the shogunate to oversee decisions concerning the naval defense of the realm. He was an avid supporter of [[kaikin|maritime restrictions]], opposing [[Abe Masahiro|Abe Masahiro's]] decision to give in to the demands of [[Commodore Perry]] and [[Hotta Masayoshi|Hotta Masayoshi's]] signing of the [[Harris Treaty]], and expressing his support for [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei's]] opposition to acceding to the terms of that treaty. Nariaki is thus strongly associated with the ''[[sonno|sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' movement, and after a number of members of that movement (openly supporters of Nariaki's positions) were purged from government by [[Tairo|Tairô]] [[Ii Naosuke]] in the [[Ansei Purges]], Nariaki played a role in engineering [[Incident at Sakuradamon|Naosuke's assassination]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at the former site of the [[Mito Kyoto mansion]].
*[[Anne Walthall]], "Nishimiya Hide: Turning Palace Arts into Marketable Skills," in Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan," Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 45-60.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
*''Died: [[1860]]''
*''Japanese'': [[徳川]]斉昭 ''(Tokugawa Nariaki)''
Tokugawa Nariaki was a lord of [[Mito han]], and a prominent presence in [[Bakumatsu period]] politics. His son, [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], went on to become the last [[shogun]] of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].
He married a [[kuge|court lady]] named Yoshiko, born in [[1804]] the twelfth daughter of an imperial prince.
In [[1853]], Nariaki was appointed by the shogunate to oversee decisions concerning the naval defense of the realm. He was an avid supporter of [[kaikin|maritime restrictions]], opposing [[Abe Masahiro|Abe Masahiro's]] decision to give in to the demands of [[Commodore Perry]] and [[Hotta Masayoshi|Hotta Masayoshi's]] signing of the [[Harris Treaty]], and expressing his support for [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei's]] opposition to acceding to the terms of that treaty. Nariaki is thus strongly associated with the ''[[sonno|sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' movement, and after a number of members of that movement (openly supporters of Nariaki's positions) were purged from government by [[Tairo|Tairô]] [[Ii Naosuke]] in the [[Ansei Purges]], Nariaki played a role in engineering [[Incident at Sakuradamon|Naosuke's assassination]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at the former site of the [[Mito Kyoto mansion]].
*[[Anne Walthall]], "Nishimiya Hide: Turning Palace Arts into Marketable Skills," in Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan," Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 45-60.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]