Nanbu Toshitada












































Nanbu Toshitada

Nanbu Toshitada.jpg
Portrait of Nanbu Toshitada

Native name
南部利済
Born
(1797-10-18)October 18, 1797

Morioka, Japan

Died May 29, 1855(1855-05-29) (aged 57)

Edo, Japan

Nationality Japanese
Title
Daimyō of Morioka Domain
Predecessor Nanbu Toshimochi
Successor Nanbu Toshitomo
Spouse(s) daughter of Matsudaira Terunobu, daimyō of Takasaki Domain
Parent(s)
  • Nanbu Toshinori (father)

Nanbu Toshitada (南部利済, 18 October 1797 – 29 May 1855) was a late Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 12th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 38th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan. His courtesy title was Shinano-no-kami (later Sashōshō), and his Court rank was Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade.[1]


Toshitada was the second son of the disinherited Nanbu Toshinori, the eldest son of the 8th daimyō of Morioka, Nanbu Toshikatsu. His mother was a commoner and a widow, and there were later allegations that he may not have been of Nanbu blood at all. In any event, on the death of his father in 1814, he went into the Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priesthood. He returned to secular life in 1820 by order of the domain government and served as advisor to the young Nanbu Toshimochi, who subsequently appointed him as heir. Toshimochi was of poor health and died in 1825, so in accordance with his wishes, Toshitada became daimyō of Morioka. He was received in formal audience by shōgun Tokugawa Ienari who awarded him with the courtesy title of Shinano-no-kami and junior 4th court rank, lower grade. In 1827, he was promoted to the honorary title of Jijū (Chamberlain).[1]


Toshitada implemented a wide range of fiscal improvements, sponsored new industries and took steps to improve the domain's military forces. His quick actions and the poor state of the domain's finances caused much disaffection among his retainers and also led to a peasant revolt in 1836.


In 1839, he was promoted to the higher courtesy title of Sashōshō and in 1841 opened a han school. However, the domain erupted into widespread revolt against his rule in 1847. In 1848, he stepped down in favor of his son Nanbu Toshitomo; however, relations between father and son were very strained at best, and Toshitada continued to intervene and interfere in domain politics after his retirement. He then forced his son aside in 1848, making Toshitomo’s younger brother Nanbu Toshihisa nominal daimyō while he continued to rule in all but name. This led to another widespread revolt in 1854, which caused the Tokugawa shogunate to intervene. He was placed under house arrest at the clan’s Edo shimoyashiki, where he died a few months later on 29 May 1855.[1]



Notes





  1. ^ abc Yoshida, Yoshiaki; Ichinokura, Noribumi (1984). 用語南部盛岡藩辞典 (Yogo Nanbu Morioka-han jiten) (in Japanese). Toyo Shoin. ASIN B000J74FVE..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




References




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

  • 三百藩藩主人名事典 (1986)
    ISBN 4404013833



External links



  • (in Japanese) Morioka Domain on "Edo 300 HTML" (3 November 2007)





Preceded by
Nanbu Toshimochi

12th (Nanbu) Daimyō of Morioka
1825–1847
Succeeded by
Nanbu Toshitomo



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