Tokudaiji Kin'ito

Tokudaiji Kin'ito (徳大寺 公純, 22 December 1821 – 5 November 1883) was a Japanese kugyō during the Bakumatsu period.[1] He was the son of Takatsukasa Masamichi and a daughter of Tokugawa Harutoshi. He was also the adopted son of Tokudaiji Sanekata. Amongst his children were Tokudaiji Sanetsune,[2] Saionji Kinmochi,[3][4] Suehiro Takemaro and Sumitomo Tomoito.[5][6]

In this Japanese name, the surname is Tokudaiji.
Tokudaiji Kin'ito
徳大寺 公純
Born
Takatsukasa Sukekimi

(1821-12-22)December 22, 1821
DiedNovember 5, 1883(1883-11-05) (aged 61)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationKugyō

In 1850, Kin'ito became a dainagon. He was made a gisō in 1857.[7][8]

In 1858, Emperor Kōmei appointed Kin'ito and Ichijō Tadaka as his emissaries to Ise Grand Shrine.[9] After the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, Kin'ito was purged by Ii Naosuke during the Ansei Purge for fifty days because he opposed the rights of the treaty. However, he was forgiven after one month.

Kin'ito then promoted the kōbu gattai policy with Nijō Nariyuki[10] and opposed the marriage between Princess Kazu and Tokugawa Iemochi, for which he resigned under pressure from the shogunate.[11] After that, he returned and became a shissei. His public duties were also being targeted in political fluctuations, and in 1863, his vassals were killed by rōnin who opposed the civil war.

After the Meiji Restoration, Tokudaiji remained in Kyoto. He died in 1883.[12]

References
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  2. Herutsu Nippon nenpo. 1871. ISBN 9784841902068.
  3. Perez, Louis G. (8 January 2013). Japan at War: An Encyclopedia. p. 353. ISBN 9781598847420.
  4. "西園寺公望" [Saionji Kinmochi] (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. "住友家歴代の文事と公家文庫・・・・・・日下幸男". Sumitomo Historical Archives (in Japanese). 15 December 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. Japanese Yearbook on Business History. Japan Business History Institute. 1993. p. 112.
  7. 近世の精神生活 (in Japanese). 八木書店. 1996. ISBN 9784797107760.
  8. The British Library Journal. British Library. 1990. p. 204.
  9. Teeuwen, Mark; Breen, John (9 February 2017). A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781474272803.
  10. Habu, Michihide (15 September 1997). 徳川慶喜 [Tokugawa Yoshinobu] (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 9784569570501.
  11. Kawaguchi, Sunao (2007). 天璋院と徳川将軍家101の謎 (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 9784569668116.
  12. "徳大寺公純" [Tokudaiji Kin'ito]. Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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