Nabeshima Naoyoshi

Japanese: 鍋島直彬 - なべしまなおよし

1844 ^* -1915 Daimyo and aristocrats from the late Edo period to the Taisho period.
Born December 11, 1834. The eldest son of Nabeshima Naonaga. In 1858, he became the 11th head of the Nabeshima clan, the lord of Hizen Kashima Domain (Saga Prefecture). In 1860, he entered Kyoto on behalf of Nabeshima Kanso, the lord of the main domain in Saga, and proposed the unification of the Imperial Court and the Shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration, he became the first governor of Okinawa Prefecture and a member of the House of Peers. He was made a viscount. He established a school and devoted himself to educational endeavors. He passed away June 14, 1915. He was 73 years old. His childhood name was Kumajiro, and his pen name was Keidou.

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Japanese:

1844^*－1915　幕末-大正時代の大名,華族。
天保(てんぽう)14年12月11日生まれ。鍋島直永(なおなが)の長男。嘉永(かえい)元年肥前鹿島(かしま)藩(佐賀県)藩主鍋島家11代となる。文久3年本藩の佐賀藩主鍋島閑叟(かんそう)の代理で京都にはいり,公武合体を進言した。維新後,初代沖縄県令,貴族院議員。子爵。学校をつくり育英事業につくす。大正4年6月14日死去。73歳。幼名は熊次郎。号は絅堂(けいどう)。

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