was ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...

'' of Tateyama Domain during late-

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Japan.

Biography

Inaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous ''

'' of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father's death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of ''daimyō'' of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a '' Wakadoshiyori'' in the administration of the

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...

under '' Shōgun''

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. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu Kaishū’s efforts to create the Kobe Naval Training Center. He was reappointed as a ''Wakadoshiyori'' in 1865, and rose to the positions of '' Rōjū'', Commissioner of the Army and Fleet Admiral of the Tokugawa Navy under ''Shōgun''

Tokugawa Yoshinobu Kazoku, Prince was the 15th and last ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He resigned his position as shogun in late 1867, while ai ...

. He held these posts until 1868. However, with the start of the Boshin War, he refused to take an active role against the Satchō Alliance and went into retirement at Tateyama Castle, turning the domain over to his son Inaba Masayoshi. He died in 1879. Inaba Masami was married to a daughter of Suwa Tadamichi, ''daimyō'' of Suwa Domain in

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References

* Papinot, Edmond. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon''. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaish
..Click link for digitized 1906 ''Nobiliaire du japon'' (2003)
* ''The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.'' Fudai daimyo 1815 births 1879 deaths Masami Wakadoshiyori Rōjū Meiji Restoration {{daimyo-stub