Akikatsu Manabe

He was a senior councilor in the late Edo period and the seventh lord of Sabae Domain in Echizen Province. He was the third son of the fifth lord, Manabe Akihiro. He was of the Manabe clan. He was commonly known as Shimousa no Kami. He became the lord of the domain in 1814 (Bunka 11). He subsequently served as a soshaban (councillor), Osaka castle lord, Kyoto shoshidai (deputy governor), and was appointed chamberlain. In 1840 (Tenpo 11), he became a senior councilor in Nishimaru, but in 1843, he was dismissed due to a disagreement with the chief senior councilor, Mizuno Tadakuni. In 1858 (Ansei 5), he became a senior councilor under the chief councilor Ii Naosuke, and went to Kyoto as an envoy to explain the circumstances surrounding the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan. He took command of the suppression of the Ansei Purge in Kyoto, and received an imperial edict acknowledging the unavoidable circumstances of the signing, returning to Edo in March of the following year. Later, he fell out with Naosuke and was dismissed in December. In November 1862 (Bunkyu 2), when the Sonno Joi (revere the Emperor and expel the barbarians) movement was gaining momentum, he was ordered to retire and take immediate disciplinary measures for having taken inappropriate actions while in office. In 1865 (Keio 1), he was released from disciplinary measures, shaved his head, and took the name Shodo.

[Masao Ono]

"Hamabe Family Documents Publication Committee, ed., "Hamabe Family Documents 4" (1986, Sabae City Hall)"

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幕末の老中、第7代越前国鯖江(さばえ)藩主。第5代藩主間部詮煕(まなべあきひろ)の三男。間部氏。通称は下総守(しもうさのかみ)。1814年（文化11）藩主となる。以後、奏者番、大坂城代、京都所司代に進み侍従に任じられた。1840年（天保11）西丸老中となったが、1843年老中首座水野忠邦との意見不一致により解任された。1858年（安政5）大老井伊直弼(いいなおすけ)の下で老中となり、日米修好通商条約調印の事情説明の上使として上洛、京都で安政の大獄の弾圧の指揮をとり、調印のやむをえざる事情は認めるとの勅書を得て、翌年3月江戸へ戻る。その後、直弼と不和となり12月に免職。尊王攘夷(そんのうじょうい)運動が盛んとなった1862年（文久2）11月、在職中に不都合の処置をなしたとの理由で隠居、急度慎(きっとつつしみ)を命ぜられた。1865年（慶応元）謹慎を解かれ剃髪(ていはつ)して松堂と号した。

［小野正雄］

『間部家文書刊行会編『間部家文書4』（1986・鯖江市役所）』

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