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of Japan. He was also known as Naitō Nobumoto (内藤信思). His courtesy title was ''Kii-no-kami''.Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 338. Nobuchika was the third son of

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, author of the

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. He retired in 1864, turning the domain over to his adopted son, Naitō Nobutami, but continued to influence politics to the extent that the domain became a member of the

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. He was arrested by the new government in 1868, but was pardoned in 1869 and died in

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at the age of 63 in 1874.

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References

* Beasley, William G. (1955)
''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868.''
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