was a mid-
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
Japanese samurai
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, and the 9th ''
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
Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 35th hereditary chieftain of the
Nanbu clan
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. His
courtesy title
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In some context ...
was ''Shuri-no-taifu'', (later ''Daizen-no-taifu'') and his
Court rank was Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade.
Toshikatsu was the sixth son of
Nanbu Toshimi, the 7th ''daimyō'' of Morioka Domain, but was initially adopted by a 3000 ''
koku
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'' ''
hatamoto
A was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the Shōgun, shogunates in History of Japan, Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred ...
'' branch of the clan founded by a son of
Nanbu Toshimoto, he was adopted as heir and was received in formal audience by ''
shōgun
, officially , was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, except during parts of the Kamak ...
''
Tokugawa Ieharu on 4 April 1770, and became head of his adopted family on 22 August 1773.
However, as the eldest (and only) son of the 8th ''daimyō'',
Nanbu Toshikatsu had been dispossessed he was recalled on 16 December 1774 to become Toshikatsu’s adopted heir, at which time the ''hatamoto'' branch was abolished.
On 22 December 1774 he was again received in audience by Tokugawa Ieharu, and he received the formal courtesy title of ''Shuri-no-taifu'' and Junior 5th court rank. He became ''daimyō'' on the death of his adopted father on 22 April 1781 and advanced to the courtesy title of ''Daizen-no-taifu''.
However, he died three years later on 5 May 1784 at the age of 34, having made little impact on the domain during his tenure, and leaving an infant son as his heir.
References
*
Papinot, Edmond. (1948). ''Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan''. New York: Overbeck Co.
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References
External links
Morioka Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"
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1751 births
1784 deaths
Tozama daimyo
Nanbu clan
People of the Edo period