Nakayama Tadayasu

Japanese: 中山忠能 - なかやま・ただやす

Year of death: June 12, 1888
Year of birth: Bunka 6.11.11 (1809.12.17)
He was an aristocrat and court politician in the late Edo period. His father was Tadayori and his mother Tsunako. He was the father of Keiko, the birth mother of Emperor Meiji. In March 1858 (Ansei 5), while Senior Councilor Hotta Masachika was in Kyoto seeking imperial sanction for the treaty, he submitted a proposal of opposition together with Masagimachi Sanjo Sanei and others. He then participated in a procession of 88 courtiers, and in May of the same year, he was appointed as a council member and was a member of the court's decision-making committee. He was appointed as the official in charge of the marriage arrangements with Princess Kazunomiya, and in October 1861 (Bunkyu 1), he went to Edo. He then supported Shimazu Hisamitsu and the Satsuma clan's movement to unite the Imperial Court and the Shogunate, and came under attack from pro-imperial, anti-foreign patriots and anti-foreign courtiers, leading to his resignation from his council member in January 1860. In July of the following year, 1864, the Choshu clan marched by force into Kyoto in an attempt to regain the power they had lost in the coup of August 18 of the previous year, and he showed a supportive attitude. Immediately after the Choshu clan's soldiers were defeated in the Kinmon Incident, he was banned from visiting the Imperial Court, meeting with others, or traveling to other places. This ban was lifted in January of 1867, when a general amnesty was issued following the death of Emperor Komei. As an elder of his comrades, he plotted the coup of the restoration of Imperial rule together with Iwakura Tomomi and Nakamikado Tsuneyuki, and was involved in drawing up a secret imperial decree to overthrow the shogunate. After the coup, the three offices system was established and he was appointed as a councilor. Since then, he has served as Hokkoku, Governor of the Shrine Affairs Bureau, and Earl of Shrines. In September of 1869, he was awarded a permanent stipend of 1,500 koku for his contributions to the restoration of Imperial rule. In the 4th year of the same year, he became a Musk Hall attendant, and in the 7th year of the same year, he worked hard to establish the Peers' Hall, and served as an investigator of the poetry ceremony, an attendant for the birth of Aiko Yanagihara (the mother of Emperor Taisho), and an attendant for Prince Akimiya (Emperor Taisho), before passing away at the age of 80. <Works> "The Diary of Nakayama Tadayo" <References> "Documents of the History of Nakayama Tadayo"

(Inoue Isao)

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Japanese:

没年：明治21.6.12(1888)
生年：文化6.11.11(1809.12.17)
幕末の公家,宮中政治家。父は忠頼,母は綱子。明治天皇の生母,慶子の父。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,正親町三条実愛らと共に反対の建議書を提出。次いで88廷臣の列参奏上に参画,同年5月議奏に就任して朝議決定の構成員となった。和宮御縁組御用掛に任命され,文久1(1861)年10月江戸に赴く。次いで島津久光および薩摩藩の公武合体運動を支持,尊王攘夷派の志士と攘夷派廷臣の攻撃にさらされ,同3年1月議奏を辞職した。翌元治1(1864)年7月,前年の8月18日の政変で失った勢力の回復を図って長州藩が武力上洛を敢行するが,その際支持の姿勢を示す。禁門の変で長州藩兵が敗北した直後,参朝・他人面会・他行の禁止に処せらる。慶応3(1867)年1月孝明天皇の死に伴う大赦によって処分解除。同志の長老として岩倉具視,中御門経之らと共に王政復古の政変を画策,討幕の密勅作成に関与した。政変後,三職制が新設されて議定に就任。以来,輔弼,神祇官知事,神祇伯。明治2(1869)年9月王政復古の功により賞典禄1500石を永世下賜。同4年麝香間祗候,同7年華族会館の設立に尽力,御歌会式取調掛,柳原愛子(大正天皇生母)御産御用掛,明宮(大正天皇)御用掛などを務め,80歳で没した。<著作>『中山忠能日記』<参考文献>『中山忠能履歴資料』

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