was an mid-

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

Japanese

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, and the 11th ''

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'' of Sendai Domain in the

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of northern Japan, and the 27th hereditary chieftain of the Date clan.

Biography

Nariyoshi was the grandson of

Date Yoshimura was an mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 5th ''daimyō'' of Sendai Domain in northern Japan, and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Date clan. The longest-serving of any of the ''daimyō'' of Sendai Domain, Yoshimura placed the domain b ...

, the 5th ''daimyō'' of Sendai and he was the 4th son of

Tamura Murasuke was a '' tozama'' feudal domain of Edo period Japan It was located in Mutsu Province, in northern Honshū. The domain was centered at Ichinoseki jin'ya, located in the center of what is now the city of Ichinoseki in Iwate Prefecture. History I ...

, the ''daimyō'' of

Ichinoseki Domain was a '' tozama'' feudal domain of Edo period Japan It was located in Mutsu Province, in northern Honshū. The domain was centered at Ichinoseki jin'ya, located in the center of what is now the city of Ichinoseki in Iwate Prefecture. History Ic ...

. He was born in

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, and his childhood name was Kichigorō (吉五郎). Shortly after his birth, his father retired, and turned the domain over to

Tamura Muneaki was a ''Tozama daimyō, tozama'' Han (Japan), feudal domain of Edo period Japan It was located in Mutsu Province, in northern Honshū. The domain was centered at Ichinoseki jin'ya, located in the center of what is now the city of Ichinoseki, Iwa ...

. In 1812, he underwent his '' genpuku'' ceremony and took the name of Tamura Akiyoshi. Tamura Muneaki declined to adopt him as heir as expected, and although the young Akiyoshi was sent to Ichinoseki, he was not given any official title or duties. A turning point came in 1819, when he was called to Aoba Castle. The sudden death of Date Narimune without an heir placed Sendai Domain in a very precarious position vis-a-vis the

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. Date Narimune, and his predecessor,

Date Chikamune was an mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 9th ''daimyō'' of Sendai Domain in northern Japan, and the 25th hereditary chieftain of the Date clan. Biography Chikamune was the eldest son of Date Narimura. His childhood name was Masachiyo (� ...

, had both died without heirs and the shogunate had taken extraordinary measures to ensure the continuation of the Date line; however, a third instance in such a short period of time placed the domain in danger of attainder. Akiyoshi was betrothed to Narimune's three-year-old daughter, Shiba-hime, and took the name of Date Muneyoshi. He was proclaimed 11th Date ''daimyō'' of Sendai, and was received in formal audience by ''

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'' Tokugawa Ienari three months later. During this audience, he was granted a ''

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'' from Ienari's name to become Date Nariyoshi. He was granted the Court rank of Junior Fourth, Lower Grade and

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of ''Mutsu-no-kami''. In 1826, he formally wed Shiba-hime, but died less than two years later in Edo. His death reopened the succession issue within Sendai Domain, as his son and heir was still a child.

Family

* Father:

* Mother: Wakisaka Yasuchika's daughter * Wife: Shibahime * Concubine: Omiyo no Kata ** 1st son: Date Kaimaru, disinherited ** 1st daughter: Masahime (1824–1861), married

Date Narikuni was an late-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 12th ''daimyō'' of Sendai Domain in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan, and the 28th hereditary chieftain of the Date clan. Biography Narikuni was the son of Date Munemitsu of the Tome-Date cla ...

, daimyo of Sendai Domain ** 2nd daughter: Yukihime, married Date Kunizane of the ''hatamoto'' Watari-Date clan *Concubine: Tsuneko no Kata ** Date Yoshikuni, daimyo of Sendai Domain

References

* Papinot, Edmond. (1948). ''Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan''. New York: Overbeck Co.

External links

Sendai Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"
(3 November 2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Date, Nariyoshi 1798 births 1828 deaths Tozama daimyo Date clan People of Edo-period Japan