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Shimazu Narioki was the 10th [[Edo period]] [[daimyo|lord]] of [[Satsuma han]]. He is considered the 27th head of the clan, counting since the beginning of the [[Kamakura period]].

Shimazu Narioki was the 10th [[Edo period]] [[daimyo|lord]] of [[Satsuma han]]. He is considered the 27th head of the clan, counting since the beginning of the [[Kamakura period]].

The eldest son of ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Narinobu]], he is known for his fiscal reforms and attempts to implement a [[sugar]] monopoly, as well as his military preparations, including the production of cannon and small arms. Over the course of his career, Narioki moved from Ôsumi-no-kami, Upper Senior Fourth Rank, and ''Saishô''<!--宰相--> to Middle Captain of the Right (''Ukon'e chûjô''). This was nearly the highest rank achieved by any Shimazu lord in the Edo period; Narioki's rank was matched only by [[Shimazu Yoshitaka]], and exceeded only by [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu (Tadatsune) Iehisa]].<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 101.</ref> Narioki is also known for his skill at [[tea ceremony]].  

The eldest son of ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Narinobu]], he is known for his fiscal reforms and attempts to implement a [[sugar]] monopoly, as well as his military preparations, including the production of cannon and small arms. Over the course of his career, Narioki escorted three [[Ryukyuan missions to Edo]], and was raised in rank to Lower Senior Fourth Rank in [[1832]], and then later from Ôsumi-no-kami, Upper Senior Fourth Rank, and ''Saishô''<!--宰相--> to Middle Captain of the Right (''Ukon'e chûjô'').<ref>Narioki was raised in rank in association with a Ryukyuan mission only once, in [[1832]], and not again in [[1842]] or [[1850]]. Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 67.</ref> This was nearly the highest rank achieved by any Shimazu lord in the Edo period; Narioki's rank was matched only by [[Shimazu Yoshitaka]], and exceeded only by [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu (Tadatsune) Iehisa]].<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 101.</ref> Narioki is also known for his skill at [[tea ceremony]].  

Judged retrospectively from the outcomes of the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, Narioki has been characterized as "conservative," stubbornly resistant to the progressive, or arguably radical, ideas of his son [[Shimazu Nariakira]], who eventually engineered Narioki's forced retirement in [[1851]].

Judged retrospectively from the outcomes of the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, Narioki has been characterized as "conservative," stubbornly resistant to the progressive, or arguably radical, ideas of his son [[Shimazu Nariakira]], who eventually engineered Narioki's forced retirement in [[1851]].