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. Aoki clan Kazuoki was the sixth son of

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, the 10th daimyō. In 1847 he succeeded his elder brother Shigetatsu, who

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. Kazuoki died on 26 September 1849 at age 28, having been daimyō for only two years. His posthumous Buddhist name is .

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