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'' of Murakami Domain under the

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. He was also known as Naitō Nobumoto (内藤信思). His

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was ''Kii-no-kami''.Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 338. Nobuchika was the third son of Naitō Nobuatsu, the previous ''daimyō''. He became heir in 1822 on the death of his elder brother, and became ''daimyō'' in 1825 on the death of his father. In the year 1843 he was appointed '' Jisha-bugyō'' and in 1849 became '' Osaka-jō dai''. In 1850, he was appointed '' Kyoto Shoshidai'' and rose to the post of ''

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'' 1851, holding that post until 1862Beasley, p. 326. During his tenure as ''rōjū'' he was influential in the Bunsei reforms and the '' Kōbu gattai'' movement to strengthen the shogunate through union with the Imperial family of Japan. His wife was a daughter of Matsudaira Sadanobu of Shirakawa Domain, author of the Kansei Reforms. 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 Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei during the

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and fought in the Battle of Hokuetsu against 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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* Beasley, William G. (1955)
''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868.''
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