Imagawa Norinobu
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Imagawa Norinobu was a kôke and Tokugawa shogunate official who served as envoy to the imperial court and on similar missions on several occasions in the Bakumatsu period.
Following a fire at the Kyoto Imperial Palace, Norinobu was dispatched to Kyoto in 1854/4 to officially inquire (on the shogun's behalf) as to the emperor's health and wellbeing.
References
- Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 584.
