About Naitō Nobuchika
Lived 1813 – 1874 (aged 61). Naitō Nobuchika was a Japanese samurai.
, was the 7th Naitō daimyō of Murakami Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was also known as Naitō Nobumoto (内藤信思). His courtesy title was Kii-no-kami.
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 rōjū 1851, holding that post until 1862 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 Boshin War and fought in the Battle of Hokuetsu against the Meiji government. He was arrested by the new government in 1868, but was pardoned in 1869 and died in Tokyo at the age of 63 in 1874.
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Who was Naitō Nobuchika?
Daimyo who ruled the Murakami Domain (1813–1874)
When was Naitō Nobuchika born?
Naitō Nobuchika was born on 24 January 1813.
When did Naitō Nobuchika die?
Naitō Nobuchika died on 14 May 1874 in Japan, Tokyo.
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Naitō Nobuchika was a samurai.
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Naitō Nobuchika was Japanese.
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