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Yonekura Masanaga
was the 7th ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain in southern Musashi Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) and 10th head of the Yonekura clan. His courtesy title was '' Tango-no-kami.'' Biography Yonekura Masanaga was born as the 3rd son of Kutsuki Masatsuna, ''daimyō'' of Fukuchiyama Domain in Tango Province. In 1812, on the death of the 6th ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain (Yonekura Masanori), he was adopted into the Yonekura clan. In June 1812, he was presented before ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Ienari and confirmed as the ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura. As ''daimyō'', Yonekura Masanaga was assigned to several ceremonial postings as guard of various gates to Edo Castle. On June 24, 1860, he turned his titles over to his 6th son, Yonekura Masakoto, and went into retirement. He died three years later on May 7, 1863, at the age of 71. His grave is at the temple of Hase-dera in Shibuya, Tokyo. Masanaga had six sons and two daughters his official wife, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominally to the emperor and the '' kuge''. In the term, means 'large', and stands for , meaning 'private land'. From the ''shugo'' of the Muromachi period through the Sengoku to the ''daimyo'' of the Edo period, the rank had a long and varied history. The backgrounds of ''daimyo'' also varied considerably; while some ''daimyo'' clans, notably the Mōri, Shimazu and Hosokawa, were cadet branches of the Imperial family or were descended from the ''kuge'', other ''daimyo'' were promoted from the ranks of the samurai, notably during the Edo period. ''Daimyo'' often hired samurai to guard their land, and they paid the samurai in land or food as relatively few could afford to pay samurai in money. The ''daimyo'' era ended soon after the Meiji Rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Ienari
Tokugawa Ienari ( ja, 徳川 家斉, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837.Hall, John Whitney ''et al.'' (1991) ''Early Modern Japan'', p. 21./ref> He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. Events of Ienari's ''bakufu'' * 1787 (''Tenmei 7''): Ienari becomes the 11th ''shōgun'' of the bakufu government. * 1788 (''Tenmei 7''): Riots in rice shops in Edo and Osaka. * March 6 – 11, 1788 (''Tenmei 8, 29th day of the 1st month – 4th day of the second month''): Great Fire of Kyoto. A fire in the city, which begins at 3 o'clock in the morning of March 6 burns uncontrolled until the 1st day of the second month (March 8); and embers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1793 Births
The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a gas balloon in the United States. * January 13 – Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, a representative of Revolutionary France, is lynched by a mob in Rome. * January 21 – French Revolution: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, ''Citizen Capet'', Louis XVI of France, is guillotined in Paris. * January 23 – Second Partition of Poland: The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia partition the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. * February – In Manchester, Vermont, the wife of a captain falls ill, probably with tuberculosis. Some locals believe that the cause of her illness is that a demon vampire is sucking her blood. As a cure, Timothy Mead burns the heart of a deceased person in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonekura Masanori
was the 6th ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain in southern Musashi Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture) and 9th head of the Yonekura clan. His courtesy title was '' Tango-no-kami.'' Biography Yonekura Masanori was born as the 9th son of Mizuno Kadakane, ''daimyō'' of Karatsu Domain in Hizen Province. In January 1803, he was adopted to be heir to the 5th ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain (Yonekura Masayoshi), and was confirmed to that position in an audience with ''Shōgun'' Tokugawa Ienari in March of the same year. Yonekura Masayoshi then claimed illness, and retired on June 15, surrendering his title and official positions. As ''daimyō'', Masanori was assigned to several ceremonial postings as guard of various gates to Edo Castle. In August 1811, he was dismissed from his post as magistrate in Osaka for incompetence, and died of a sudden illness on April 18, 1812. However, there is some uncertainty to this date, and the term ‘sudden illn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutsu Province
was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa, which together make up the entire Tōhoku region. History Invasion by the Kinai government Mutsu, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the largest as it expanded northward. The ancient regional capital of the Kinai government was Tagajō in present-day Miyagi Prefecture. * 709 ('' Wadō 2, 3rd month''), an uprising against governmental authority took place in Mutsu and in nearby Echigo Province. Troops were dispatched to subdue the revolt. * 712 (''Wadō 5''), Mutsu was separated from Dewa Province. Empress Genmei's ''Daijō-kan'' made cadastral changes in the provincial map of the Nara period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukushima Domain
was a '' fudai'' feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in southern Mutsu Province. It was centered on Fukushima Castle in what is now the city of Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture. For the majority of its history it was ruled by a branch of the Itakura clan. History The area around Fukushima in the Muromachi period was part of the territory of the Date clan. Date Mochimune built on the site of present Fukushima Castle in 1413. In 1592, the area came under the control of Gamō Ujisato, and renamed the castle "Fukushima Castle". In 1600, the Battle of Matsukawa took place outside the castle. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, Fukushima was the centre of a ''tenryō'' territory with a ''kokudaka'' of 200,000 ''koku''. In 1679, Honda Tadakuni was transferred from Yamato-Koriyama Domain, marking the start of Fukushima Domain. However, he only ruled for three years before being transferred to Himeji Domain. Fukushima Domain was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itakura Katsunaga
was a '' fudai'' feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in southern Mutsu Province. It was centered on Fukushima Castle in what is now the city of Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture. For the majority of its history it was ruled by a branch of the Itakura clan. History The area around Fukushima in the Muromachi period was part of the territory of the Date clan. Date Mochimune built on the site of present Fukushima Castle in 1413. In 1592, the area came under the control of Gamō Ujisato, and renamed the castle "Fukushima Castle". In 1600, the Battle of Matsukawa took place outside the castle. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, Fukushima was the centre of a ''tenryō'' territory with a ''kokudaka'' of 200,000 ''koku''. In 1679, Honda Tadakuni was transferred from Yamato-Koriyama Domain, marking the start of Fukushima Domain. However, he only ruled for three years before being transferred to Himeji Domain. Fukushima Domain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabae Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003). It was based at Sabae ''Jin'ya'' in Echizen Province in what is now part of modern-day Sabae, Fukui. It was ruled for all of its history by the Manabe clan. History In 1721, the ''daimyō'' of Murakami Domain in Echigo Province, Manabe Akitoki was transferred to a newly created fief with a ''kokudaka'' of 50,000 ''koku'' centered in Sabae. Akitoki's elder brother was a ''sōbayonin'' to Shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu, with great influence over the shōgun, and his successor Tokugawa Ietsugu. However, under Tokugawa Yoshimune he was purged from office and the Manabe clan fell from favour. Manabe Akitoki's relocation was part of this punitive action - although the new domain had the same nominal ''kokudaka'', it was located close to the eyes of Fukui Domain and extensive ''tenryō'' lands and was not rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manabe Akihiro
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003). It was based at Sabae '' Jin'ya'' in Echizen Province in what is now part of modern-day Sabae, Fukui. It was ruled for all of its history by the Manabe clan. History In 1721, the ''daimyō'' of Murakami Domain in Echigo Province, Manabe Akitoki was transferred to a newly created fief with a ''kokudaka'' of 50,000 ''koku'' centered in Sabae. Akitoki's elder brother was a ''sōbayonin'' to Shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu, with great influence over the shōgun, and his successor Tokugawa Ietsugu. However, under Tokugawa Yoshimune he was purged from office and the Manabe clan fell from favour. Manabe Akitoki's relocation was part of this punitive action - although the new domain had the same nominal ''kokudaka'', it was located close to the eyes of Fukui Domain and extensive ''tenryō'' lands and was not ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shibuya, Tokyo
Shibuya (渋谷 区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station. As of April 1, 2022, it has an estimated population of 228,906 and a population density of 15,149.30 people per km2 (39,263.4/sq mi). The total area is 15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi). The name "Shibuya" is also used to refer to the shopping district which surrounds Shibuya Station. This area is known as one of the fashion centers of Japan, particularly for young people, and as a major nightlife area. History Heian to Edo period Shibuya was historically the site of a castle in which the Shibuya family resided from the 11th century through the Edo period. Following the opening of the Yamanote Line in 1885, Shibuya began to emerge as a railway terminal for southwestern Tokyo and eventually as a major commercial and entertainment center. Meiji to Showa period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonekura Masakoto
was the 8th and final ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain in southern Musashi Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture) during the Bakumatsu period. Biography Yonekoto Masakoto was the 6th son of the 7th ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain, Yonekura Masanaga. In May, 1868, he was presented before ''Shōgun'' Tokugawa Iesada in a formal audience and on June 24, 1860, due to his father's retirement due to illness, became the head of the Yonekura clan, and ''daimyō'' of Mutsuura Domain. He served in a number of ceremonial posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including guard duty at Osaka Castle, and participated in both the First Chōshū expedition and the Second Chōshū expedition. In 1867, he was assigned guard duty over the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal; however in 1868 during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, he capitulated to the Satchō Alliance forces without a struggle. For this reason, he was confirmed as domain governor of Mutsuura in Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
