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'''Nakayama Tadayasu''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]] 中山 忠能, 17 December 1809 – 12 June 1888) was a Japanese nobleman of the [[Edo period]] and the [[Empire of Japan]]. He was the father of [[Nakayama Yoshiko]] (1834–1907) mother of the [[Emperor Meiji]].<ref>Ben-Ami Shillony, ''The Emperors of Modern Japan'' (2008), p. 213</ref> |
'''Nakayama Tadayasu''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]] 中山 忠能, 17 December 1809 – 12 June 1888) was a Japanese nobleman of the [[Edo period]] and the [[Empire of Japan]]. He was the father of [[Nakayama Yoshiko]] (1834–1907) mother of the [[Emperor Meiji]].<ref>Ben-Ami Shillony, ''The Emperors of Modern Japan'' (2008), p. 213</ref> |
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The second son of Nakayama Tadayori, Nakayama married Matsuura Aiko (1818–1906), a daughter of Matsuura Kiyoshi, ninth Daimyō of Hirado (1760–1841). |
The second son of Nakayama Tadayori, Nakayama married Matsuura Aiko (1818–1906), a daughter of Matsuura Kiyoshi, ninth Daimyō of Hirado (1760–1841). |
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Nakayama was entrusted with the upbringing of his grandson, the future Emperor Meiji, and later with that of his great-grandson [[Emperor Taishō|Yoshihito]], another future emperor.<ref>Donald Calman, ''Nature and Origins of Japanese Imperialism'' (2013), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J0KvyZp9VKAC&pg=PA93#v=onepage&q&f=false pp. 92–93</ref> |
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On 3 January 1868, when [[Iwakura Tomomi]] arranged the seizure of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]] and initiated the [[Meiji Restoration]], which resulted in the creation of the post-Shogun [[Empire of Japan]], Nakayama was among the courtiers who supported this action. According to Peter Francis Kornicki, "Nakayama's cooperation with Iwakura had been essential to the success of the coup d'etat".<ref>Peter Francis Kornicki, ''The emergence of the Meiji state'' (1998), p. 115</ref> |
On 3 January 1868, when [[Iwakura Tomomi]] arranged the seizure of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]] and initiated the [[Meiji Restoration]], which resulted in the creation of the post-Shogun [[Empire of Japan]], Nakayama was among the courtiers who supported this action. According to Peter Francis Kornicki, "Nakayama's cooperation with Iwakura had been essential to the success of the coup d'etat".<ref>Peter Francis Kornicki, ''The emergence of the Meiji state'' (1998), p. 115</ref> |
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Template:Japanese name Nakayama Tadayasu (Japanese 中山 忠能, 17 December 1809 – 12 June 1888) was a Japanese nobleman of the Edo period and the Empire of Japan. He was the father of Nakayama Yoshiko (1834–1907) mother of the Emperor Meiji.[1]
The second son of Nakayama Tadayori, Nakayama married Matsuura Aiko (1818–1906), a daughter of Matsuura Kiyoshi, ninth Daimyō of Hirado (1760–1841).
Nakayama was entrusted with the upbringing of his grandson, the future Emperor Meiji, and later with that of his great-grandson Yoshihito, another future emperor.[2]
On 3 January 1868, when Iwakura Tomomi arranged the seizure of the Kyoto Imperial Palace and initiated the Meiji Restoration, which resulted in the creation of the post-Shogun Empire of Japan, Nakayama was among the courtiers who supported this action. According to Peter Francis Kornicki, "Nakayama's cooperation with Iwakura had been essential to the success of the coup d'etat".[3]
A member of the Order of the Rising Sun, first class, in 1884 Nakayama was created a Marquess.
Notes
- ^ Ben-Ami Shillony, The Emperors of Modern Japan (2008), p. 213
- ^ Donald Calman, Nature and Origins of Japanese Imperialism (2013), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J0KvyZp9VKAC&pg=PA93#v=onepage&q&f=false pp. 92–93
- ^ Peter Francis Kornicki, The emergence of the Meiji state (1998), p. 115