was a Japanese

samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...

of the late

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, who served as the last

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Fukuoka han is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

. He was adopted into the family and was born as Tatewaka (建若), the second son of Tōdō Takayuki, lord of the Tsu han. A pro- Chōshū figure during the tumultuous Bakumatsu era, he allied with the new government in the

Boshin War The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a clique seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperi ...

. Nagatomo was named governor of the newly created

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in 1869. In 1871 the government discovered a counterfeiting operation occurring in the castle grounds with the knowledge of the prefectural government. As a result, Nagatomo was replaced as governor by Prince Arisugawa Taruhito. Nagatomo was made a member of the new nobility in the

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. Passing on the headship to his son

Kuroda Nagashige Kuroda (written: lit. "black ricefield") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese painter * Akinobu Kuroda 黒田明伸, Japanese historian * Chris Kuroda, lighting designer and operator for the band Phish and J ...

in 1878, Nagatomo died in Tokyo in 1902, at age 65.

Family

*Father: Tōdō Takayuki *Mother: Myojin’in *Foster Father:

Kuroda Nagahiro Marquess was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Edo period, who ruled the Fukuoka Domain. Biography Nagahiro was the ninth son of Shimazu Shigehide, lord of Satsuma Domain; Kuroda Narikiyo, lord of Fukuoka, adopted Nagahiro in 1822 later Na ...

*Wife: Matsudaira Toyoko *Concubines: ** Nakamura-dono ** Iwatani-dono ** Toshiro-dono ** Sumida-dono ** Itakura-dono ** Omiya-dono * Children: ** Kuroda Nagashige (1867–1939) by Toyoko ** Kuroda Nagatoshi (1881-1944) by Toyoko ** Sadako married Nabeshima Naomitsu by Toyoko ** Junko ** Kuroda Nagaatsu (1885-1963) by Toyoko

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1838 births 1902 deaths Samurai Daimyo Meiji Restoration Kazoku Kuroda clan People from Tokyo {{daimyo-stub