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Tokugawa Nariaki was a lord of [[Mito han]], and a prominent presence in [[Bakumatsu period]] politics. His son, [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], went on to become the last [[shogun]] of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].

Tokugawa Nariaki was a lord of [[Mito han]], and a prominent presence in [[Bakumatsu period]] politics. His son, [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], went on to become the last [[shogun]] of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].

He married a [[kuge|court lady]] named Yoshiko, born in [[1804]] the twelfth daughter of an imperial prince.

He married a [[kuge|court lady]] named [[Princess Yoshiko (Arisugawa no miya)|Yoshiko]], born in [[1804]] the twelfth daughter of [[Imperial Prince Orihito]] (Arisugawa no miya).

As early as [[1839]], he petitioned the shogunate to take action to defend the northern borders against [[Russia]]n encroachment.<ref>David Howell, "Is Ainu History Japanese History?," in ann-elise lewallen, Mark Hudson, Mark Watson (eds.), ''Beyond Ainu Studies'', University of Hawaii Press (2015), 107.</ref> Five years later, he had fallen out of favor with the shogun & with the ''[[roju|rôjû]]''; after being found to have been stockpiling weapons in excess of limits set by the shogunate, he was forced to relocate himself, his family, and many of their attendants and retainers, from his domain's [[Mito Edo mansion|Koishikawa mansion]] to one at [[Komagome]], another district of Edo (he would later return to the Koishikawa mansion in [[1853]]). In [[1844]], he was forced to step down as lord of Mito in favor of his underage son [[Tokugawa Yoshiatsu]], and was sentenced to house arrest. After considerable efforts by loyal retainers and others petitioning the shogunate to exonerate Nariaki of his supposed crimes, he was ultimately released from house arrest some years later.

As early as [[1839]], he petitioned the shogunate to take action to defend the northern borders against [[Russia]]n encroachment.<ref>David Howell, "Is Ainu History Japanese History?," in ann-elise lewallen, Mark Hudson, Mark Watson (eds.), ''Beyond Ainu Studies'', University of Hawaii Press (2015), 107.</ref> Five years later, he had fallen out of favor with the shogun & with the ''[[roju|rôjû]]''; after being found to have been stockpiling weapons in excess of limits set by the shogunate, he was forced to relocate himself, his family, and many of their attendants and retainers, from his domain's [[Mito Edo mansion|Koishikawa mansion]] to one at [[Komagome]], another district of Edo (he would later return to the Koishikawa mansion in [[1853]]). In [[1844]], he was forced to step down as lord of Mito in favor of his underage son [[Tokugawa Yoshiatsu]], and was sentenced to house arrest. After considerable efforts by loyal retainers and others petitioning the shogunate to exonerate Nariaki of his supposed crimes, he was ultimately released from house arrest some years later.