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When several of Nariakira's children died one after the other, Nariakira and his followers accused Zusho, or Narioki's favored concubine [[Oyura no kata]], of having placed some kind of curse on them; Nariakira and/or some of his followers then plotted to assassinate Zusho and/or other prominent supporters of Narioki. These plots were discovered before they were executed, and a number of Nariakira's followers were severely punished.

When several of Nariakira's children died one after the other, Nariakira and his followers accused Zusho, or Narioki's favored concubine [[Oyura no kata]], of having placed some kind of curse on them; Nariakira and/or some of his followers then plotted to assassinate Zusho and/or other prominent supporters of Narioki. These plots were discovered before they were executed, and a number of Nariakira's followers were severely punished.

These tensions led into a [[O-Ie Sodo|succession dispute]] flaring up beginning in [[1848]] between Nariakira (Narioki's eldest son by his first wife), and [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], Narioki's son by Oyura no kata. While Oyura of course supported Hisamitsu, many of the young prominent domain retainers, along with prominent domain scholars, supported Nariakira. The factionalism again led to assassination plots, this time aimed chiefly against Hisamitsu and O-yura; Zusho was forced to commit suicide in 1848/12 after Nariakira's faction revealed some of his plans to the shogunate, and the following year, in connection with that or other plots, Narioki had [[Takasaki Goroemon|Takasaki Gorôemon]], [[Kondo Ryuzaemon|Kondô Ryûzaemon]], and roughly forty other members of Nariakira's faction rounded up and either exiled or ordered to commit [[seppuku|suicide]]. The dispute ended in 1851/2, with ''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Abe Masahiro]], [[Fukuoka han]] ''daimyô'' [[Kuroda Narihiro]], and [[Date Munenari]] of [[Uwajima han]] successfully pressuring Narioki to step down in favor of Nariakira.<ref>Hellyer, 162.</ref>

These tensions led into a [[O-Ie Sodo|succession dispute]] flaring up beginning in [[1848]] between Nariakira (Narioki's eldest son by his first wife, [[Kenshoin|Kenshôin]]<!--賢章院, aka 弥姫-->), and [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], Narioki's son by Oyura no kata. While Oyura of course supported Hisamitsu, many of the young prominent domain retainers, along with prominent domain scholars, supported Nariakira. The factionalism again led to assassination plots, this time aimed chiefly against Hisamitsu and O-yura; Zusho was forced to commit suicide in 1848/12 after Nariakira's faction revealed some of his plans to the shogunate, and the following year, in connection with that or other plots, Narioki had [[Takasaki Goroemon|Takasaki Gorôemon]], [[Kondo Ryuzaemon|Kondô Ryûzaemon]], and roughly forty other members of Nariakira's faction rounded up and either exiled or ordered to commit [[seppuku|suicide]]. The dispute ended in 1851/2, with ''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Abe Masahiro]], [[Fukuoka han]] ''daimyô'' [[Kuroda Narihiro]], and [[Date Munenari]] of [[Uwajima han]] successfully pressuring Narioki to step down in favor of Nariakira.<ref>Hellyer, 162.</ref>

Narioki's other children included [[Iku-hime]], who married [[Konoe Tadahiro]]; [[Shimazu Naritoshi]], who was adopted by [[Ikeda Narimasa]] and succeeded him as lord of [[Okayama han]]; [[Toki-hime]], who married [[Yamauchi Toyoteru]], lord of [[Tosa han]].

Narioki's other children included [[Iku-hime]], who married [[Konoe Tadahiro]]; [[Shimazu Naritoshi]], who was adopted by [[Ikeda Narimasa]] and succeeded him as lord of [[Okayama han]]; [[Toki-hime]], who married [[Yamauchi Toyoteru]], lord of [[Tosa han]].