was an early Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd '' daimyō'' of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 28th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan. His

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was ''Yamashiro-no-kami,'' and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Shigenao was the 3rd son of

Nanbu Toshinao was an early Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 1st ''daimyō'' of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 27th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan Toshinao was the eldest son of Nanbu Nobunao, and was born at the clan’s Tago Castle ...

, and was born at the clan’s Sakurada residence in

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. He became ''daimyō'' on the death of his father in 1632. During his tenure,

Morioka Castle is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 290,700 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . ...

was completed, and he laid out the streets of the surrounding castle town in a grid network. Of severe disposition, he had no heir and adopted a son of Hotta Masamori, ''daimyō'' of Sakura Domain, which also opened the possibility for the clan to change to '' fudai daimyō'' status. However, in April 1636, his ''

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'' procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new ''

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'' regulations issued by '' shōgun'' Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to

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at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next ''daimyō'', with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced to '' hatamoto'' status. The ''

kokudaka refers to a system for determining land value for taxation purposes under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan, and expressing this value in terms of ''koku'' of rice. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Koku"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 54 ...

'' of Morioka Domain was also reduced by 20,000 ''koku'' to 80,000 ''koku'', with the creation of Hachinohe Domain for Shigenao’s third brother, Nakasato Naoyoshi, who was renamed Nanbu Naofusa.

References

* Papinot, Edmond. (1948). ''Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan''. New York: Overbeck Co.

External links

Morioka Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"
(3 November 2007)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nanbu, Shigenao 1606 births 1664 deaths Tozama daimyo Nanbu clan People of Edo-period Japan