was a mid-

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

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 ...

, and the 7th ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...

'' of

Morioka Domain 300px, Ruins of Morioka Castle was a '' tozama'' feudal domain of Edo period Japan. It was ruled throughout its history by the Nanbu clan. It was called during the early part of its history. It was located in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, ...

in northern Japan. He was the 33rd hereditary chieftain of the

Nanbu clan The was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled most of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan for over 700 years, from the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The Nanbu claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji of Kai Pr ...

. His

courtesy title A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but rather is used through custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (cf. substantive title). In some co ...

was ''Shuri-no-daifu'', (later ''Daizen-no-daifu'') and his Court rank was Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade. Toshimi was the posthumous son of Nanbu Nobuoki, the 5th ''daimyō'' of Morioka Domain. He was posthumously adopted by his uncle

Nanbu Toshimoto was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 6th ''daimyō'' of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 32nd hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan. His courtesy title was ''Bingo-no-kami'', (later ''Daizen-no-suke'') and his Court rank w ...

on 21 July 1725, becoming the 7th ''daimyō'' of Morioka. He was received in formal audience by ''

shōgun , officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ...

Tokugawa Yoshimune was the eighth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745. He was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lineage Yoshimune ...

on 28 July, and received the formal courtesy title of ''Shuri-no daifu'' and Junior 5th court rank, lower grade on 18 December of the same year. On 18 December 1750, he was elevated to Junior 4th court rank. He also received a dispensation on wearing his hair in the standard ''

chonmage The is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo period (1603–1867) and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers. It was originally a method of using hair to hold a sam ...

'' style due to his baldness. Toshimi's eldest son was demoted to ''

hatamoto A was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as ''gokenin.'' However ...

'' status and his three younger sons were allowed to form branches of the Sannohe clan; he adopted

Nanbu Toshikatsu was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 8th ''daimyō'' of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 34th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan. His courtesy title was ''Shinano-no-kami'', (later ''Daizen-no-daifu'') and his Court ran ...

, eldest son of his uncle Toshimoto as his heir before he died in 1752.

References

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

References

External links

Morioka Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"
(3 Nov. 2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nanbu, Toshimi 1708 births 1752 deaths Tozama daimyo Nanbu clan People of Edo-period Japan