Kintomo Anekoji - Kintomo Anekoji

Japanese: 姉小路公知 - あねがこうじ・きんとも

Year of death: Bunkyu 3.5.20 (1863.7.5)
Year of birth: Tempo 10.12.5 (1840.1.9)
A nobleman and court politician in the late Edo period. In March 1858 (Ansei 5), while Senior Councilor Hotta Masamune was in Kyoto seeking the imperial sanction of a treaty, he participated in a procession of 88 courtiers in opposition to the treaty. After the Sakuradamon Incident, in August 1862 (Bunkyu 2), together with his fellow courtiers, he impeached Kuga Takemichi, Iwakura Tomomi, and others for their responsibility in marrying Princess Kazunomiya. Thereafter, he received support from the Choshu domain and the Sonno Joi faction of patriots, and together with Sanjo Sanetomi, he became a leader of the anti-foreign courtiers. In November of the same year, he traveled to Edo as a deputy envoy under the imperial envoy Sanjo Sanetomi, and delivered an imperial edict urging the expulsion of foreigners and establishing a personal army. In February of the following year (Bunkyu 3), when the position of National Affairs Counselor was newly established, he was appointed to this position, gaining a position that allowed him to directly participate in the decisions of the Imperial Council. He advocated the setting of a date for expelling foreigners, and after the Shogun came to Kyoto, he accompanied the Shogun on his visits to Kamo Shrine and Iwashimizu, and then inspected Osaka Bay, where he sought the opinion of Katsu Kaishu on coastal defense. In the middle of the night of May 20th, on his way home from the Imperial Palace, he was assassinated outside the Sakuhiramon Gate. He was 24 years old. A sword left at the scene led to suspicion of the crime being committed by Satsuma samurai Tanaka Shinbei. Shinbei, who was imprisoned in the Kyoto Magistrate's Office, committed suicide without giving a single explanation, and the identity of the assassin remains a mystery to this day. <References> Seki Hironao (ed.), Anenokoji Kochiden

(Inoue Isao)

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没年：文久3.5.20(1863.7.5)
生年：天保10.12.5(1840.1.9)
幕末の公家,宮廷政治家。老中堀田正睦が条約勅許を求めて上洛中の安政5(1858)年3月,これに反対して88廷臣の列参奏上に参加。桜田門外の変を経て,文久2(1862)年8月同志の廷臣と共に,和宮降嫁の責任を問うて久我建通,岩倉具視らを弾劾。以来,長州藩・尊攘派志士の支持を受け,三条実美と共に攘夷派廷臣の指導者となる。同年11月,勅使三条実美のもと副使として江戸に赴き,攘夷の督促と親兵設置の勅書を伝達した。翌文久3年2月,国事参政が新設されるとこれに就任,朝議決定に直接参加できる地位を得た。攘夷期日の設定を主張し,将軍上洛ののち賀茂社行幸,石清水行幸に随従,次いで大坂湾を巡検し海防について勝海舟に意見を求めた。5月20日深夜,御所からの帰宅途中,朔平門外で暗殺。年24歳。現場に残された太刀から薩摩藩士田中新兵衛に容疑がかけられた。京都町奉行所に監禁された新兵衛は,一言の釈明もなく自刃,暗殺者は今なお不明のままである。<参考文献>関博直編『姉小路公知伝』

(井上勲)

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