Ii Naosuke

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Ii Naosuke was a powerful late-Edo period Japanese daimyō and tairō (chief minister) of the Tokugawa shogunate, known for opening Japan to foreign powers and for his assassination in the Sakurada Gate Incident of 1860.

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Ii Naosuke canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese daimyō
historical figure
politician
samurai
tairō
allegiance Tokugawa shogunate
assassinatedBy Mito domain samurai
anti-shogunate rōnin
assassinatedIn Sakurada Gate Incident
birthDate 1815-11-29
birthPlace Hikone Domain
Ōmi Province NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath assassination
clan Ii clan
country Japan
culturalActivity tea ceremony
deathDate 1860-03-24
deathPlace Edo
domainRuled Hikone Domain
era Bakumatsu period reforms
surface form: Bakumatsu
eraName Ansei
surface form: Ansei era
event Ansei Purge
Sakurada Gate Incident
familyPosition 14th head of the Ii clan
government Tokugawa shogunate
knownAs tea master
knownFor Ansei Purge
Sakurada Gate Incident
opening Japan to foreign trade
signing the Harris Treaty
language Japanese
office tairō
opposedBy Mito Domain
sonnō jōi activists
period late Edo period
philosophy pragmatic engagement with Western powers
policy support for opening Japan to the West
suppression of political opponents
predecessorAsDaimyoOfHikone Ii Naoaki
religion Buddhism
roleInSuccession decided shogunal succession in favor of Tokugawa Iemochi
signedTreaty Harris Treaty of 1858
surface form: Harris Treaty

Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan
successorAsDaimyoOfHikone Ii Naoaki
surface form: Ii Naonori
supported Tokugawa Iemochi
title daimyō of Hikone
tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate
wrote treatises on tea ceremony

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Sakurada Gate associatedWith Ii Naosuke
Gotokuji Temple associatedWith Ii Naosuke