Governor Shinano - Kunishishinano

A senior retainer of the Choshu Domain during the late Edo period. His name was Chikasuke, and later he was called Chikasuke. He was the second son of the domain's samurai Takasu Mototada. He was adopted by the senior retainer Shogen Michinori. He was a member of the Yorigumi, excelled in both literature and martial arts, and enjoyed waka poetry. In the Battle of Shimonoseki in 1863 (Bunkyu 3), he led his own troops on guard duty, and later served as the Akamagaseki Sobugyo. When the August 18th Coup occurred, he led his troops to Kyoto in July 1864 (Genji 1) in order to clear the name of the domain's lord and son and to reestablish the Sonno Joi faction, and he caused the Kinmon Incident, but he was defeated and resigned. To take responsibility for this, he was entrusted to the Tokuyama Domain along with two elder retainers, Fukuhara Echigo and Masuda Uemonnosuke. When the First Expeditionary Army of the Choshu Clan approached the border, he was forced to commit suicide along with the two men as an apology to the shogunate.

[Kazuo Yoshimoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

幕末の長州藩の家老。名は朝相(ちかすけ)、のちに親相と名のる。藩士高洲元忠(たかすもとただ)の次男。家老国司将監迪徳(しょうげんみちのり)の養子。寄組に列し、文武に秀で和歌をたしなんだ。1863年（文久3）の馬関攘夷戦(ばかんじょういせん)には手兵を率いて警備にあたり、ついで赤間関惣奉行(あかまがせきそうぶぎょう)として指揮にあたった。八月十八日の政変が起こると、藩主父子の雪冤(せつえん)、尊攘派立て直しのため64年（元治1）7月に兵を率いて上洛(じょうらく)、禁門の変を起こしたが、敗れて辞職。その責任を負って福原越後(ふくはらえちご)、益田右衛門介(ますだうえもんのすけ)の両家老とともに徳山藩に預けられた。第一次征長軍が国境に迫ると、幕府への謝罪のためとして両名とともに自刃させられた。

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