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Tokugawa Nariaki (徳川 斉昭, April 4, 1800 – September 29, 1860) was a Japanese daimyō who ruled the Mito Domain (now Ibaraki Prefecture) and contributed to the rise of nationalism and the Meiji Restoration.
Tokugawa Nariaki (born April 4, 1800, Edo, Japan—died Sept. 29, 1860, Mito, Hitachi Province) was a Japanese advocate of reform measures designed to place more power in the hands of the emperor and the great lords and to keep foreigners out of Japan.
Sep 29, 2012 · Tokugawa Nariaki (徳川斉昭, 1800-1860) was the ninth daimyō of the Mito domain (modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture) and father of the fifteenth and last Tokugawa shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Tokugawa Nariaki was a lord of Mito han, and a prominent presence in Bakumatsu period politics. His son, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, went on to become the last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate . He married a court lady named Yoshiko, born in 1804 the twelfth daughter of Imperial Prince Orihito (Arisugawa no miya).
Tokugawa Nariaki was the ninth daimyo of Mito and father of the last shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was a reactionary who despised everything Western. He advocated answering foreign demands on Japanese sovereignty with cannon fire and the tempered razor-sharp steel of the Japanese sword.
Feb 7, 2009 · If anybody was the living embodiment of Mitogaku and all of its inherent contradictions, it had to be the retired lord of Mito himself, Tokugawa Nariaki. Outspoken, brash, lecherous and just plain clever, Nariaki was certainly one of the more colorful personalities that strutted across the early Bakumatsu stage.
Kairakuen is one of Ibaraki Prefecture's biggest attractions. Built nearly 170 years ago by the feudal lord Tokugawa Nariaki.
