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[[File:Komatsu-tatewaki.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A statue of Komatsu Tatewaki in [[Kagoshima]], facing towards [[Terukuni Shrine]], where statues of his lords [[Shimazu Nariakira]], [[Shimazu Hisamitsu|Hisamitsu]], and [[Shimazu Tadayoshi|Tadayoshi]] stand.]]
*''Born: [[1835]]''
*''Japanese'': 小松帯刀 ''(Komatsu Tatewaki)''
Komatsu Tatewaki was a [[Satsuma han]] retainer who played a prominent role in mediating the [[Sat-Cho Alliance|Sat-Chô Alliance]] (between Satsuma and [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]]) in the 1860s.
Tatewaki was born in [[1835]], the third son of the head of the [[Kimotsuki clan]], retainers to the [[Shimazu clan]]. He was adopted into the [[Komatsu clan]] at age 20, and at age 27, in [[1862]], he was named ''[[karo|karô]]'' (House Elder) to the Shimazu clan. He then used that position to appoint [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], among others, to important positions within the domain's government.
Following the [[Teradaya Incident]], the [[Namamugi Incident]], and the [[bombardment of Kagoshima]] by the British Royal Navy, Komatsu was determined to contribute to the rebellion against the shogunate, and to the [[Meiji Restoration|restoration]] of an imperial government. On [[1866]]/1/21, he served as mediator alongside [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]], as Saigô Takamori and [[Katsura Kogoro|Katsura Kogorô]] met to discuss and form the alliance between their domains. The following year, when Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] called the various ''daimyô'' to [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] to discuss whether authority should be turned over to the Imperial Court, Tatewaki was among those in attendance, and among those who called for the shogunate to give up its power.
After the [[Meiji Restoration]], Tatewaki held significant positions, including as a diplomat, but he died at the age of 37.
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==References==
*Plaque at statue of Komatsu Tatewaki, in Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15046886068/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
*''Born: [[1835]]''
*''Japanese'': 小松帯刀 ''(Komatsu Tatewaki)''
Komatsu Tatewaki was a [[Satsuma han]] retainer who played a prominent role in mediating the [[Sat-Cho Alliance|Sat-Chô Alliance]] (between Satsuma and [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]]) in the 1860s.
Tatewaki was born in [[1835]], the third son of the head of the [[Kimotsuki clan]], retainers to the [[Shimazu clan]]. He was adopted into the [[Komatsu clan]] at age 20, and at age 27, in [[1862]], he was named ''[[karo|karô]]'' (House Elder) to the Shimazu clan. He then used that position to appoint [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], among others, to important positions within the domain's government.
Following the [[Teradaya Incident]], the [[Namamugi Incident]], and the [[bombardment of Kagoshima]] by the British Royal Navy, Komatsu was determined to contribute to the rebellion against the shogunate, and to the [[Meiji Restoration|restoration]] of an imperial government. On [[1866]]/1/21, he served as mediator alongside [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]], as Saigô Takamori and [[Katsura Kogoro|Katsura Kogorô]] met to discuss and form the alliance between their domains. The following year, when Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] called the various ''daimyô'' to [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] to discuss whether authority should be turned over to the Imperial Court, Tatewaki was among those in attendance, and among those who called for the shogunate to give up its power.
After the [[Meiji Restoration]], Tatewaki held significant positions, including as a diplomat, but he died at the age of 37.
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==References==
*Plaque at statue of Komatsu Tatewaki, in Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15046886068/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]