Nagai Naoyuki
Nagai Naoyuki | |
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Born | Mikawa Province, Japan | December 21, 1816
Died | July 1, 1896 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 79)
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | Nagai Genba, Nagai Mondonoshō |
Nagai Naoyuki (永井 尚志, December 21, 1816 – July 1, 1896), also known as Nagai Genba (永井 玄蕃) or Nagai Mondonoshō (永井 主水正), was a Japanese
His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer.[1][2][3]
Early life
Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, Matsudaira Iwanojō (松平 岩之丞), was born in the Nukada district of the
Career
After completing a thorough education in literature, art, and military training, Nagai entered the ranks of the Tokugawa bureaucracy. He served from 1851 to 1852 as an instructor at the Kitenkan, a branch of the Shogunate's Shoheizaka academy, located in Kōfu, Kai Province. Shortly after the arrival of the Perry Expedition challenging Japan national isolation policy, Nagai was appointed as a metsuke and was placed in charge of casting new cannons for coastal defense.
In 1855, Nagai was transferred to the newly formed
In December 1857, Nagai was appointed
After Ii's assassination, Nagai was recalled to public office and was appointed to serve as one of the city magistrates of Kyoto (Kyoto Higashimachi-bugyō) from August 1862 through March 1864. This was a difficult and violent period in Kyoto, with many daimyo establishing residences in Kyoto and maneuvering for political connections with various of the nobility. The city was filled with numerous rōnin, many of whom supported the sonnō jōi movement and who did not hesitate to use assassination or terrorist tactics to further their political agenda. During his tenure, the Shinsengumi became active in Kyoto.
Following his two-year stint in the capital, he was made ōmetsuke from March 1864 through May 1865. He served again as Gaikoku bugyō from November 1865 through April 1867. Nagai was promoted to the position of wakadoshiyori-kaku (aide to the junior counselors) from April 1867 through January 1868 and was in Kyoto on November 9, 1867 when Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu formally surrendered his office; thereafter, Nagai served as one of the wakadoshiyori from January to March 1868 when the Meiji Restoration signaled the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.[4]
Under the Ezo Republic
Returning to Edo following the
Later life
After a period of three years in prison, he was pardoned by the
One of his descendants, through his adopted son Iwanojō, was the famous author Yukio Mishima.[1][2][3]
See also
- Gaikoku bugyō, commissioners appointed to oversee trade and diplomatic relations with foreign countries
Notes
- ^ a b "Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima" (Naoki Inose, Hiroaki Sato) (Stone Bridge Pr 2012)
- ^ a b ”Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.42-Biographical sketch and Bibliography” (published by Shinchosha, 2005). Japanese title "決定版 三島由紀夫全集・第42巻・年譜・書誌" (Ketteiban Mishima Yukio Zenshu Dai42kan Nenpu・Shoshi) (新潮社、2005年) p.9
- ^ a b "Yukio Mishima-The locus of his literature" (Tomoko Etsugu) (published by Kōronsha, 1983). Japanese title "三島由紀夫 文学の軌跡" (Mishima Yukio Bungaku no kiseki) (広論社、1983年) pp.101-107, pp.232-233
- ^ a b c Beasley, W. G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868, p. 338.
References
- Beasley, W. G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868. London: ISBN 978-0-19-713508-2(cloth)]
- Banno, Junji; Jung, Dieter; Mickel, Peter (2014). Japan's Modern History, 1857–1937: A New Political Narrative. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317682974.