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, was the 11th ''

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Tango Province was a province of Japan in the area of northern Kyoto Prefecture. Tango bordered on Tanba to the south, Tajima to the west, and Wakasa to the east. Its abbreviated form name was . It was also referred to as or . In terms of the Gokishichi ...

, Japan during the

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Biography

Kyōgoku Takatomi was the eldest son of Kyōgoku Takakage, the 10th ''daimyō'' of Mineyama. His childhood name was Keijirō. His wife was a daughter of Inagaki Nagakata of

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. In 1849, he became ''daimyō'' on the retirement of his father and received the courtesy title of ''Bitchū-no-kami'', which he later changed to ''Suo-no-kami''. In 1857, he was appointed an ''Obangashira'', and in 1861 took part in campaigns to suppress the Tenchūgumi and other pro-''

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'' movements. In 1866 he rose to the position of ''

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'' under Shogun

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''The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu: 1862-1868,'' p. 516 n49
and during the

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was ordered to lead the Tokugawa army across

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and to attack

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from the seaward approaches. He advanced as far as

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when the expedition was called off. The following year, he returned home to oversee the military preparations of his own domain, but was soon called upon by the Shogunate to oversee Army affairs at the end of October 1867, followed by the position of ''Kaigun bugyō'' overseeing Naval affairs from early December. He resigned his positions in February 1868 and attempted the change allegiance to the new

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.幕末英傑録幕末諸藩の戦歴九
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and had sent troops in support of the imperial armies, his petition was eventually granted. However, a few months later, complaining of chest pains, he retired from public life and returned to his domains. In 1875, after the retirement of his adopted son, he resumed chieftainship of the clan. He was given the ''

kazoku The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. They succeeded the feudal lords () and court nobles (), but were abolished with the 1947 constitution. Kazoku ( 華族) should not be confused with ' ...

'' peerage title of ''shishaku'' (

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) in 1884. He died on February 9, 1889, at the age of 55 and his grave is at the Buddhist temple of Joryu-ji in Yoshiwara, Mineyama-chō,

Kyōtango is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 52,683 in 22,886 households and a population density of 110 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kyōtango is located on the coast o ...

city, Kyoto.

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References

* Beasley, William G. (1990). ''The Rise of Modern Japan: Political, Economic and Social Change Since 1850.'' New York: St. Martin's Press. (cloth) * Jansen, Marius B. (2000). ''The Making of Modern Japan.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
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* .

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