Nitobe Koretami (新渡戸 維民, 1769 – 1845)
[Iwate Historical Biography Committee.]
岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典
1998, p. 289. was a
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
Morioka
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 .
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clan during the late
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 ...
. He was a martial arts scholar.
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Life
Nitobe Koretami was born in 1769.[ He was called Eikichi (栄吉) in his childhood.][Kokusho Kankōkai, 1981. pp. 110–112] After he attained adulthood, he was also called Minji (民司) and Heiroku (平六).[ His father was Tsuneyoshi(常贇),][Iwate Historical Biography Committee.]
岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典
1998, pp. 971-974.[ When these parents got married, the Nitobe family received about 11 ]Koku
The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. 1 koku is equivalent to 10 or approximately , or about . It converts, in turn, to 100 shō and 1000 gō. One ''gō'' is the volume of the "rice cup", the plastic measuring cup that is supplied ...
.[ And even when his sister got married, the Nitobe family gave her husband's family a substantial amount of dowry.][
He studied under Kenshin's martial arts instructor, Urushido Yoshimasa (漆戸至昌).][
He bestowed that martial arts training to Tochinai Takayoshi (栃内逢吉).][
Around the beginning of the 19th century, the security of Hanamaki Castle became weak due to ]Nanbu Toshitaka
was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 10th ''daimyō'' of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 36th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan. His courtesy title was ''Daizen-no-daifu'', and his Court rank was Junior 4th Rank, Lowe ...
's sovereign reforms due to financial difficulties, so he secretly agreed with several warriors and raised funds for Hanamaki Castle security.Nitobe Tsutō
Nitobe Tsutō (新渡戸 傳, 1793 – 1871)Iwate Historical Biography Committee.岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典1998, p. 289. was a samurai of Morioka of the late Edo period. He was Martial arts scholar.
Life
Nitobe Tsutō was born on De ...
).[ However, the white paper was not accepted, and he was taken up on a semi-land and expelled to Tanabu(now part of the city of Mutsu).][ He was forgiven in 1826 and returned to Hanamaki.][ He served a secret official business at Morioka Domain.][ He was recognized for his work and he was involved in the governing of Morioka.][ He also worked as a writer and he died on October 7, 1845.][
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Family
Depending upon the source, Ōta Tokitoshi and the entire Nitobe clan are descendants of either the Minamoto clan or the Taira clan (specifically, 's branch).[
Tsunetane's grandson, (常秀, Tsunetane's son Tanemasa(胤正)'s son) took over Nitobe in ]Shimotsuke Province
was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Tochigi Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''SHimotsuke''" in . Shimotsuke was bordered by Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Hitachi Province, ...
.[ Tsunehide continued inheritance with Tsunechika (常親), Yasutane (泰胤), Tsunesato (常邑), Tsunesada (常貞)、Sadatsuna (貞綱), Sadahiro (貞広), Hiromori (広盛), Tsunemochi (常望) Tsunetada (常忠), Tsunenobu (常信), and Nobumori (信盛) from generation to generation.][ Sadatsuna lived in Nitobe and died in 1309.]Nanboku-chō period
The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, ''Nanboku-chō jidai'', "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Mur ...
, Sadahiro and his son Hiromori both fought for the Southern Court
The were a set of four emperors (Emperor Go-Daigo and his line) whose claims to sovereignty during the Nanboku-chō period spanning from 1336 through 1392 were usurped by the Northern Court. This period ended with the Southern Court definitively ...
.[ Sadahiro died in 1337.][ Hiromori died in Shinano in 1351 during the war.][ Tsunetada and his son Tsunenobu both served ]Ashikaga Mitsukane
(1378–1409) was a Nanboku-chō period warrior, and the Kamakura-fu's third Kantō kubō, (''Shōgun'' Deputy). Being the eldest son, he succeeded his father Ujimitsu in 1398 at the age of 21 when he died during an epidemic. Like his father, M ...
and Mochiuji of the Kantō kubō
(also called , , or ) was a title equivalent to ''shōgun'' assumed by Ashikaga Motouji after his nomination to ''Kantō kanrei'', or deputy shōgun for the Kamakura-fu, in 1349.Kokushi Daijiten (1983:542) Motouji transferred his original title t ...
.[ After Tsunenobu's death, his son Nobumori returned to Nitobe.][ Nobumori's daughter was Moriyori's (盛頼) wife.][ As for the inheritor, Nobumori welcomed the clan, Motoyoshi Narizumi(元良成澄)'s child, Moriyori (盛頼) as an adopted child, and became Nitobe for the first time.][
Moriyori continued inheritance with Yoritane (頼胤), Yoshitane (良胤), Tanemochi (胤望), Yorinaga (頼長), Taneshige (胤重), and Tokiharu (春治) from generation to generation.][ Tokiharu's third son Tsunetsuna (常綱, popular name was Densuke(伝助)) split up and became a Hanamaki Kyūjin (upper class retainers).][ Before Tsunetsuna became Kyūjin, Tsunetsuna served ]Nanbu Masanao Nanbu may refer to:
Places
* Nanbu, Aomori, Japan
* Nanbu, Tottori, Japan
* Nanbu, Yamanashi, Japan
* Nanbu County, Sichuan Province, China
* Nanbu Domain, a feudal domain in northeastern Japan
People with the surname
*, Japanese samurai and ''da ...
.[ After Tsunetsuna's death, Tsunetsuna's second son Sadaaki (貞紹, popular name was Denzō (伝蔵)) inheritedhis position.][ After Sadaaki, Yoshiaki (義紹, popular names were Kyūsuke(九助), Densuke (伝助), and Heizo (平蔵)) succeeded him.][ After Yoshiaki's death, Yoshiaki's nephew (Yoshiaki's brother Tsunekatsu(常佸)'s son) Tsunemochi (常以) succeeded him.][ After Tsunemochi's death, Tsunemochi's brother Tsunetoki (常言, popular name was Denzō (伝蔵)) succeeded him.][ After Tsunetoki, Tsuneyoshi (常贇, popular name was Densuke (伝助)) succeeded him.][
Tsuneyoshi was Koretami's father.][ Tsuneyoshi married Koretami's mother Oei (おゑい, daughter of Ōta Hidenori (太田秀典) of Hanamaki).][ Tsuneyoshi died in 1803.][ Koretami's son was Tsunezumi (常澄, ]Nitobe Tsutō
Nitobe Tsutō (新渡戸 傳, 1793 – 1871)Iwate Historical Biography Committee.岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典1998, p. 289. was a samurai of Morioka of the late Edo period. He was Martial arts scholar.
Life
Nitobe Tsutō was born on De ...
).[ Koretami's grandson was Tsunenori (常訓, Jūjirō) and ]Ōta Tokitoshi Ōta Tokitoshi (太田 時敏, 16 January 1839 – 20 January 1915) was a samurai of Morioka and a Sanbongi Shinden Goyogakari (new rice field affairs official in Sanbongi) of the late Edo period. He was Nitobe Inazō's uncle. He was named Renhachir ...
.[ Koretami's great-grandsons were Shichirō (七郎) and Inanosuke (稲之助, Inazō).][
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People from Iwate Prefecture
1769 births
1845 deaths