Abe Yuken

...A senior councilor during the late Edo period. The sixth son of Abe Masaaki, lord of the Fukuyama domain. His pen name was Shukudo and his pen name was Yuken. He was called Ise no Kami. In 1836 (Tenpo 7), he succeeded his elder brother Masayasu, who was the lord of the domain, after he retired, and inherited the 100,000 koku fief of the Fukuyama domain. He then served as a soshaban (councillor) and a temple and shrine magistrate, and in 1843 he became a senior councilor, and in 1845 he became the chief senior councilor. In 1853, in response to the American envoy Perry's demand to open the country, he consulted with the various daimyo and shogunate officials, which led to the beginning of a public opinion system, and in 1854 (Ansei 1), he concluded the Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and Japan (Kanagawa Treaty). Masahiro took a cooperative course with the shogunate and powerful feudal lords such as Tokugawa Nariaki, Matsudaira Yoshinaga, and Shimazu Nariakira, changing the previous stance of the shogunate government. ...

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…幕末期の老中。福山藩主阿部正精の六男。字は叔道，号は裕軒。伊勢守を称する。1836年(天保7)藩主の兄正寧が隠居した後をうけ福山藩10万石を襲封した。その後，奏者番，寺社奉行を務め，43年に老中に就任し，45年首席老中となった。53年アメリカ使節ペリーの開国要求に対し，諸大名，幕臣に諮問して衆議制の端緒を開き，54年(安政1)日米和親条約(神奈川条約)を締結した。正弘は幕府と徳川斉昭，松平慶永，島津斉彬ら有力諸侯との協調路線をとり，従来の幕政の姿勢を転換した。…

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