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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.

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]].

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), 32. 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>

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*Plaques on-site at Hikone castle.

*Plaques on-site at Hikone castle.

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