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*''Born: [[1815]]''
*''Born: [[1815]]''
*''Died: [[1860]]/3/3''
*''Died: [[1860]]/3/3''
*''Titles: [[Tairo|Tairô]] ([[1858]]/4/23-1860/3/3)''
*''Titles: 大老 ([[Tairo|Tairô]], [[1858]]/4/23-1860/3/3), 掃部頭 (Kamon-no-kami)''
*''Japanese'': [[井伊]]直弼 ''(Ii Naosuke)''
*''Japanese'': [[井伊]]直弼 ''(Ii Naosuke)''
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.
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.
==Death==
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]]. Following his death, in accordance with common practice after the death of a lord, heirloom swords and other treasured possessions of Naosuke's were distributed to certain prominent lords (including close relatives), as "reminders" or "relics" of the late lord.<ref>Mori Yoshikazu 母利美和, "Buke girei to tachi" 武家儀礼と太刀, ''Gekkan bunkazai'' (1989/8), 35-36. Lords who received swords from the Ii at that time included the shogun, as well as ''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Ando Nobumasa|Andô Nobumasa]] (lord of [[Iwakidaira han|Iwakidaira]]), [[Nakagawa Hisataka]] (relative, lord of [[Oka han|Oka]]), [[Sakakibara Masakiyo]] (relative, lord of [[Takada han]]), former ''[[kanpaku]]'' [[Kujo Naotada|Kujô Naotada]], Naitô Kii-no-kami (relative, lord of [[Nobeoka han|Nobeoka]]), Ii Hyôbu-dayû (branch family, lord of [[Yoita han]]), and [[Matsudaira Yoritoshi]] (relative, lord of [[Takamatsu han|Takamatsu]]).</ref>
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]]. Following his death, in accordance with common practice after the death of a lord, heirloom swords and other treasured possessions of Naosuke's were distributed to certain prominent lords (including close relatives), as "reminders" or "relics" of the late lord.<ref>Mori Yoshikazu 母利美和, "Buke girei to tachi" 武家儀礼と太刀, ''Gekkan bunkazai'' (1989/8), 35-36. Lords who received swords from the Ii at that time included the shogun, as well as ''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Ando Nobumasa|Andô Nobumasa]] (lord of [[Iwakidaira han|Iwakidaira]]), [[Nakagawa Hisataka]] (relative, lord of [[Oka han|Oka]]), [[Sakakibara Masakiyo]] (relative, lord of [[Takada han]]), former ''[[kanpaku]]'' [[Kujo Naotada|Kujô Naotada]], Naitô Kii-no-kami (relative, lord of [[Nobeoka han|Nobeoka]]), Ii Hyôbu-dayû (branch family, lord of [[Yoita han]]), and [[Matsudaira Yoritoshi]] (relative, lord of [[Takamatsu han|Takamatsu]]).</ref>
==Legacy==
Former retainers of Hikone domain proposed that a statue of Naosuke be erected in [[1881]], but the [[Meiji government]] had declared Naosuke a "traitor to the Court," and was squarely opposed to celebrating him in such a fashion. By [[1909]], however, attitudes had changed, and the government was now supportive of celebrating figures such as Naosuke who helped "open" up Japan; a statue was erected of him in [[Yokohama]] in what is now known as Kamon-yama Park, after Naosuke's honorary title ''Kamon-no-kami''.<ref>Sven Saaler, "Public Statuary and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary Japan," ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus'' 15:20:3 (Oct 15, 2017), 1-2.</ref>
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