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Mizoguchi Naomasa
was the 12th (and final) ''daimyō'' of Shibata Domain in Echigo Province, Japan (modern-day Niigata Prefecture). His courtesy title was '' Hōki-no-kami,'' and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Biography Mizoguchi Naomasa was the fourth son of Mizoguchi Naohiro and was born in Shibata to a concubine, and became ''daimyō'' in 1867 on his father's retirement. That year, all of the ''daimyō'' were called to Kyoto by Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu, but due to his youth, he sent the ''karō'' of the domain in his place. In 1868, the shogunate called upon Shibata to contribute to the defense of Kyoto against the threat of the Satchō Alliance, but after a few months ordered its forces withdrawn to bolster the defenses of Edo. Naomasa travelled from Shibata to Edo, and later that year Shibata joined the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei. Shibata was unable to make any military contribution to the alliance due an uprising of the peasantry. Yonezawa Domain dispatched troops to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shibata, Niigata
is a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 96,236 in 37,017 households, and a population density of 179 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Shibata is located in a mostly inland region of north-central Niigata Prefecture on the northern end of the Echigo Plain, with a small shoreline of the Sea of Japan. Surrounding municipalities *Fukushima Prefecture ** Kitakata *Niigata Prefecture ** Aga ** Agano ** Kita-ku, Niigata ** Seiro ** Tainai *Yamagata Prefecture ** Oguni Climate Shibata has a Humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Shibata is 13.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1920 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.2 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Shib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei
The was a Japanese military-political coalition established and disestablished over the course of several months in early to mid-1868 during the Boshin War. Its flag was either a white interwoven five-pointed star on a black field, or a black interwoven five-pointed star on a white field. It is also known as the . History The Alliance centered on the Sendai, Yonezawa, and Nihonmatsu domains, and drew together nearly all domains from the provinces of Mutsu and Dewa, several domains of northern Echigo Province, and even the Matsumae Domain of Ezo (modern-day Hokkaidō). Headquartered at Shiroishi Castle, the alliance's nominal head was Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, the onetime abbot of Kan'eiji Temple in Edo who fled north following the Satsuma–Chōshū takeover of the city, who declared himself , with Date Yoshikuni of Sendai and Uesugi Narinori of Yonezawa as the head of the Alliance. Although heteroclite in nature, the Alliance formed of a combination of modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizoguchi Clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan who rose to prominence under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The main branch of the clan ruled as ''daimyō'' of Shibata Domain in Echigo Province (100,000 ''koku'') until the Meiji restoration, and was subsequently unbowed with the ''kazoku'' peerage title of ''hakushaku'' (count). Origins and Edo period history The Mizoguchi were originally from Owari Province and were a cadet branch of the Takeda clan. Mizoguchi Hidekatsu was a retainer of Niwa Nagahide. His abilities came to the attention of Niwa's overlord, Oda Nobunaga, who granted him a 5000 ''koku'' fief in what is now Takahama, Fukui. Following Nobunaga's assassination, he entered the service of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was active at the Battle of Shizugatake against Shibata Katsuie, for which he was granted a 44,000 ''koku'' estate in Kaga Province. In 1586, he was recognized by Hideyoshi as an independent ''daimyō'' and was even authorized to use the "Toyotomi" surname. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuchiura Domain
was a Han (Japan), feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Hitachi Province (modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Tsuchiura Castle in what is now the city of Tsuchiura, Ibaraki. It was ruled for much of its history by the Tsuchiya clan. History During the Sengoku period, the area around Tsuchiura was controlled by the Oda clan, who were later destroyed by the Yūki clan. After the Battle of Sekigahara, and the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yūki were relocated to Fukui Domain in Echizen Province and a portion of their vacated domain was given to Matsudaira Nobukazu as a reward for his rear-guard action in the Battle of Sekigahara. His son, Matsudaira Nobuyoshi, laid out the foundations of the castle town and built a number of gates on the Mito Kaidō highway linking Edo with Mito, Ibaraki, Mito. However, the Matsudaira were transferred to Takasaki Domain in Kōzuke Province and were replaced by Nishio Tadanag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuchiya Yoshioki
Tsuchiya (written: 土屋 or 土谷) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese-American singer, actress and model *, better known as Shark Tsuchiya, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese manga artist * Haruhiko Tsuchiya, Japanese engineer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese politician *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese general *, Japanese artist *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese politician *, Japanese actress, model and dancer *, Japanese baseball player * Tilsa Tsuchiya (1928–1984), Peruvian artist *, Japanese film director *, Japanese television producer and planning director * Tom Tsuchiya (born 1972), American sculptor *Toyo Tsuchiya, Japanese artist and photographer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese filmmaker *Kunio Tsuchiya, a designer for the company Frances May See also *Tsuchiya clan is a Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōmizo Domain
was a ''Tozama daimyō, tozama'' Han (Japan), feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in northwestern Ōmi Province, in the Kansai region of central Honshu. The domain was centered at Ōmizo ''jin'ya'', located in what is now the city of Takashima, Shiga, Takashima in Shiga Prefecture. History Ōmizo Castle was built by Tsuda Nobuzumi, a retainer of Akechi Mitsuhide around 1579. However, after the Honnō-ji Incident, assassination of Nobunaga in 1582, he was executed as he was married to Akechi Mitsuhide's daughter and his territory was seized by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Under Hideyoshi, the castle passed through a number of hands with rapidity, including Niwa Nagahide, Kato Mitsuyasu, Ikoma Chikamasa and Kyōgoku Takatsugu. Ōmizo Domain was established by the Tokugawa shogunate when Wakebe Mitsunori was transferred from Iga-Ueno Domain and assigned a ''kokudaka'' of 20,0000 ''koku'' in 1619. The Wakebe were local gentry from Ise Province w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisshō-ji
Kisshō-ji, also Kichijō-ji (吉祥寺) is a Buddhist Temple located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1458, during the Muromachi period. In 1592, the "Sendan-Rin" School for Buddhist monks was founded in the precincts of the temple. In 1905, the Sendan-Rin School was renamed Soto-shu University; in 1925 Soto-shu University became Komazawa University. The temple is where Enomoto Takeaki Viscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the ... was buried in 1908 at the age of 72. Location * 3-19-17 Hon-Magome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo (東京都文京区本駒込3-19-17) References Buddhist temples in Tokyo Buildings and structures in Bunkyō {{Japan-Buddhist-temple-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazoku
The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. It was formed by merging the feudal lords (''Daimyo, daimyō'') and court nobles (''kuge'') into one system modelled after the British peerage. Distinguished military officers, politicians, and scholars were occasionally ennobled until the country's defeat in the World War II, Second World War in 1945 (). The system was abolished with the Constitution of Japan, 1947 constitution, which prohibited any form of aristocracy under it, but ''kazoku'' descendants still form the core of the traditional upper class in the country's society, distinct from the nouveau riche. should not be confused with , which is pronounced the same in Japanese, but written with different characters, meaning "immediate family" (as in the film ''Kazoku (film), Kazoku'' above). Origins Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the ancient court nobility of Kyoto, the , regained some of its lost status. Several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Government
The was the government that was formed by politicians of the Satsuma Domain and Chōshū Domain in the 1860s. The Meiji government was the early government of the Empire of Japan. Politicians of the Meiji government were known as the Meiji oligarchy, who overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate. Early developments After the Meiji Restoration, the leaders of the ''samurai'' who overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate had no clear agenda or pre-developed plan on how to run Japan. They did have a number of things in common; according to Andrew Gordon, “It was precisely their intermediate status and their insecure salaried position, coupled with their sense of frustrated ambition and entitlement to rule, that account for the revolutionary energy of the Meiji insurgents and their far-reaching program of reform”. most were in their mid-40s, and most were from the four '' tozama'' domains of western Japan (Chōshū, Satsuma, Tosa and Hizen). Although from lower-ranked ''samurai'' families, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Meiji
, posthumously honored as , was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the List of emperors of Japan, traditional order of succession, reigning from 1867 until his death in 1912. His reign is associated with the Meiji Restoration of 1868, which ended the Tokugawa shogunate and began rapid changes that transformed Japan from an isolationist, feudal state to an industrialized great power, world power. Emperor Meiji was the first monarch of the Empire of Japan, and presided over the Meiji era. At the time of Mutsuhito's birth, Japan was a feudal and pre-industrial country dominated by the isolationist Tokugawa shogunate and the ''daimyō'' subject to it, who ruled over Japan's 270 decentralized han (Japan), domains. The opening of Japan to the West from 1854 fueled domestic demands for modernization, and when Mutsuhito became emperor after the death of his father Emperor Kōmei in 1867, it triggered the Boshin War, in which samurai (mostly from the Chōshū Domain, Chōshū and Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boshin War
The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperial Court in Kyoto, Imperial Court. The war stemmed from dissatisfaction among many Kazoku, nobles and young samurai with the shogunate's handling of foreigners following the opening of Japan during the prior decade. Increasing Unequal treaties, Western influence in the economy led to a decline similar to that of other Asian countries at the time. An alliance of western samurai, particularly the domains of Chōshū Domain, Chōshū, Satsuma Domain, Satsuma, and Tosa Domain, Tosa, and court officials secured control of the Imperial Court and influenced the young Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the sitting ''shōgun'', realizing the futility of his situation, abdicated and handed over political power to the emperor. Yoshinobu had hoped t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
