Akizuki seed tree - Akizuki Tane Tatsu

Japanese: 秋月種樹 - あきづき・たねたつ

Year of death: October 17, 1904 (Meiji 37)
Year of birth: Tenpo 4.10.17 (1833.11.28)
He was the heir to the Takanabe Domain in Hyuga Province (Miyazaki Prefecture) at the end of the Edo period. Commonly known as Masataro, he was appointed Ukyo no jo afterwards. Born as the third son of the domain's lord Tanenari, he studied under Shioya Toin in Edo. At the age of 30, while still living in a room, he became the magistrate of the Shogunate's Academy, and the following year, in 1863, he also became a junior councilor. This was an unusual promotion, as the Akizuki family was an outside daimyo with a stipend of 27,000 koku. In the same year, he became the heir to his elder brother Tanenari. In 1864, he resigned from his position. In 1867, he was appointed junior councilor, but at the advice of his subordinates who believed that he no longer had any power in the Shogunate, he did not serve, and resigned after six months. After the Meiji Restoration, in 1868, he served as a councilor in the new government, a tutor to Emperor Meiji (until 1869), chairman of the Public Assembly, university superintendent, junior councilor in the House of Councillors, councilor in the House of Peers, and other positions. He was also a man of letters who enjoyed calligraphy and painting.

(Tetsunori Iwashita)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：明治37.10.17(1904)
生年：天保4.10.17(1833.11.28)
幕末の日向国(宮崎県)高鍋藩の世子。通称政太郎,叙任後は右京亮。藩主種任の3男として生まれ,江戸で塩谷宕陰に学んだ。30歳,部屋住の身で幕府学問所奉行となり,翌年の文久3(1863)年若年寄格を兼ねる。秋月家は2万7000石の外様大名であることから,異例の抜擢であった。同年,兄種殷の世子となる。元治1(1864)年職を辞す。慶応3(1867)年若年寄に任ぜられるも,幕府にすでに力なしとみる臣下の進言で出仕せず,半年で辞任。維新後の明治1(1868)年新政府参与,明治天皇の侍読(同3年まで),公議所議長,大学大監,左院少議官,元老院議官,貴族院議員などを歴任。書画をよくする文人でもあった。<参考文献>安田尚義『秋月種樹公小伝』

(岩下哲典)

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