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Hachisuka Mochiaki was the last ''daimyô'' of [[Tokushima han]], succeeding his father [[Hachisuka Narihiro]] in [[1868]], just before the [[Meiji Restoration|fall of the shogunate]].
Hachisuka Mochiaki was the last ''daimyô'' of [[Tokushima han]], succeeding his father [[Hachisuka Narihiro]] in [[1868]], just before the [[Meiji Restoration|fall of the shogunate]].
He enjoyed his ''[[genpuku]]'' (coming of age ceremony) in [[1860]], being granted a character from the name of the shogun, [[Tokugawa Iemochi]], and taking on the name Mochiaki at that time. He was also promoted to the Upper Junior Fourth Rank at that time and granted the title of Jijû (Chamberlain).<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 283.</ref>
Whether out of a sense of resignation at the unstoppable influence of the Western powers, or out of genuine excitement and interest in the Western world, he expressed in secret to [[Ernest Satow]] in [[1867]]/8, that he wished to abdicate his position as heir apparent, or as ''daimyô'', and to instead travel to England.
Whether out of a sense of resignation at the unstoppable influence of the Western powers, or out of genuine excitement and interest in the Western world, he expressed in secret to [[Ernest Satow]] in [[1867]]/8, that he wished to abdicate his position as heir apparent, or as ''daimyô'', and to instead travel to England.
