Uesugi Narinori

Japanese: 上杉斉憲 - うえすぎ・なりのり

Year of death: May 20, 1889
Year of birth: Bunsei 3.5.10 (1820.6.20)
Lord of Yonezawa (Yamagata Prefecture) during the late Edo period. His father was Uesugi Nariyoshi. His childhood name was Tsuruchiyo, and his pen name was Keizan. He succeeded to his title in 1839 (Tempo 10). In the administration of his domain, he worked to reform the military system, and in 1863 (Bunkyu 3), when he was ordered by the shogunate to guard Kyoto, he demonstrated Western-style drills at the military review. In the same year, he requested a delay in his personal expedition to expel the barbarians, but defended the Choshu domain after the political upheaval of August 18. When the Battle of Toba-Fushimi (1868) broke out, he was ordered to attack the Aizu domain along with the domains of Akita, Morioka, and Sendai, but he gathered with representatives of the various domains at Shiroishi Castle, held discussions, and petitioned the Governor-General of Oshu Pacification for a pardon for his domain. When his request was rejected, he formed the Oshu-Uetsu Alliance. In September 1868, he surrendered early, and his son, Shigenori, participated in the Aizu expedition, so he was given a pardon and ordered to retire in December.

(Junichi Nagai)

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Japanese:

没年：明治22.5.20(1889)
生年：文政3.5.10(1820.6.20)
幕末の米沢(山形県)藩主。父は上杉斉定。幼名は鶴千代,号は曦山。天保10(1839)年襲封した。藩政においては軍制改革に努め,文久3(1863)年京警衛を幕府より命じられた際に観兵式で西洋式操練を見せた。同年,攘夷親征の猶予を奏請する一方,8月18日の政変後の長州藩を弁護した。鳥羽・伏見の戦(1868)が勃発すると,秋田・盛岡・仙台諸藩と共に会津藩征討を命じられたが,諸藩代表と白石城に集合,協議して同藩赦免を奥羽鎮撫総督に嘆願した。それが却下されたため奥羽越列藩同盟を結ぶに至る。明治1(1868)年9月いち早く降伏し,子の茂憲が会津征討に参加したため寛典に処せられ,12月に命じられて隠居した。<参考文献>『米沢市史』

(長井純市)

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