Inoue Masanao
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Inoue Masanao (井上 正直, November 26, 1837 – March 9, 1904) was a Bakumatsu period Japan.
Biography
Inoue Masanao was the fourth son of the daimyō of
Kawachi-no-kami
.
During the
unequal treaties with the western powers. Dismissed as Rōjū on July 12, 1864, he was reappointed again on November 26, 1865. In 1866, he participated in the Second Chōshū expedition by the command of the shogunal deputy in Kyoto, Tokugawa Yoshinobu
. He resigned again on June 17, 1867.
In 1868, despite his background as a fudai daimyō and former Rōjū, he sided with the Imperial forces in the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. In May 1868, Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu was forced to resign his office, and the
Meiji government. The domain was abolished in 1871 with the abolition of the han system. After the establishment of the kazoku peerage system, he became a viscount (shishaku). He later became a student of C. Carrothers at the Keio Gijuku
in Tokyo.
Inoue Masaharu was married to a daughter of
Toshima, Tokyo
.
References
- Papinot, Edmond. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...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.
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