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1 Biography  



1.1  Clan leader  





1.2  Bakufu official  





1.3  Legacy  







2 Family  





3 Works  





4 Honours  





5 Notes  





6 See also  





7 References  





8 Further reading  





9 External links  














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Tokugawa Nariaki
徳川 斉昭
9th Lord of Mito
In office
1829–1844
Preceded byTokugawa Narinobu
Succeeded byTokugawa Yoshiatsu
Personal details
Born(1800-04-04)April 4, 1800
DiedSeptember 29, 1860(1860-09-29) (aged 60)
NationalityJapanese
SpouseArisugawa Yoshiko (1804–1893)
Children
  • several, including
  • Tokugawa Yoshinobu
  • Tokugawa Akitake
  • Matsudaira Tadakazu
  • Matsudaira Nobunori
  • Parents
  • Toyama-dono (mother)
  • Tokugawa Nariaki (徳川 斉昭, April 4, 1800 – September 29, 1860) was a Japanese daimyō who ruled the Mito Domain (now Ibaraki Prefecture) and contributed to the rise of nationalism and the Meiji Restoration.

    Biography

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    "Flower"
    "Moon"
    "Snow"
    Calligraphy of (L-to-R) "flower", "moon", and "snow" by Tokugawa Nariaki

    Clan leader

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    Nariaki was the 3rd son of Tokugawa Harutoshi, the seventh-generation daimyōofMito. The family headship first passed to Harutoshi's eldest son Narinobu, before being passed on to Nariaki in 1829.[1] Nariaki was also leader of the Jōi (expel the barbarian) party and made a Bakufu adviser on national defence.[2] His childhood name was Torasaburo (虎三郎) later changed to Keisaburo (敬三郎).

    Bakufu official

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    Nariaki was put in charge of Bakufu efforts to defend the country against encroaching foreigners. His own view was that the bakufu should strengthen its military and fight the foreigners, and was at odds with Ii Naosuke on the issue. He was pro-emperor and favored imperial restoration. Nariaki also greatly expanded the Mitogaku school established by Tokugawa Mitsukuni. He wrote a document entitled "Japan, Reject the Westerners" in 1853. in this document, he stated ten reasons why Japan should stay isolated from the rest of the world. He said that the Japanese people had a choice between war and peace, but clearly to him, the Japanese people should choose war so that Westerners would not intrude into Japan's affairs.

    Despite his resistance to Westernization, Nariaki was significantly influenced by the Kokugaku school.[3] Ōkuni Takamasa, a student of Hirata Atsutane attempted to persuade him to combine ritual with technology in order to protect Japan's borders and expand Japan as an empire. This depended on reinvigorating the Japanese "national spirit".[3] Ōkuni and Nariaki therefore laid some foundations for the Meiji restoration as well as the development of State Shinto.[3]

    Nariaki and Naosuke fought over who would succeed the Shōgun Iesada, with Nariaki championing his son Yoshinobu. Naosuke, who eventually prevailed, favored the Wakayama Domain daimyo Tokugawa Yoshitomi.

    Legacy

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    In 1841, Nariaki built Kairaku-en, a garden whose fame lasts to this day.

    Nariaki retired in 1844 in favor of his son Yoshiatsu, and died of a heart attack in 1860, at age 60.

    Three of the leading figures of the 1860s were in fact natural brothers, all being sons of Nariaki: Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu, who became the 15th and last shōgun as Tokugawa Yoshinobu in 1866; Tokugawa Yoshiatsu of Mito; and Ikeda YoshinoriofInaba (Tottori).[4]

    Family

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    Works

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    Writing by Tokugawa Nariaki

    Published posthumously:

    Honours

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    Notes

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  • ^ McOmie, William The Opening of Japan, 1853–1855 (Folkestone, Global Oriental, 2006), p. 138
  • ^ a b c Josephson, Jason Ā. (2012). The Invention of Religion in Japan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 125, 128. ISBN 9780226412351.
  • ^ Beasley, William. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868. p. 11 n3.
  • See also

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    References

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    This article incorporates text from OpenHistory.

    Further reading

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    [edit]
    Royal titles
    Preceded by

    Tokugawa Narinobu

    Daimyō of Mito
    1829–1844
    Succeeded by

    Tokugawa Yoshiatsu


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