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	Shimazu family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shimazu (島津) was the family name of the daimyo of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Osumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
		The founder, Shimazu Tadahisa (1179–1227), was a shugo (privincial Constable) during the Kamakura period, ruling Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyūga Provinces.
		The 31st head of the Shimazu clan, Hisamitsu (1871–1887) was the daimyo of the Satsuma Han at the time of the Boshin War and the Meiji Restoration, in which Satsuma played a major role.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shimazu (289 words)

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		Born into a powerful warrior family (elder brother was Shimazu Shimôsa, a domain elder) he was adopted by the Katsura house.
		Although never daimyo himself, Hisamitsu was the father of the daimyo Shimazu Tadayoshi and had enormous influence over domain politics from 1859 until the 1870s.
		Son of Shimazu Narioki, half-brother of Shimazu Hisamitsu.
	www.history.emory.edu /RAVINA/Saigoglossary.html (2332 words)

	5th International Conference on Okinawan Studies Shimazu Nariakira's plans to open trade with foreign countries in ...
		In the Summer of 1857, while the American consul Townsend Harris and the Bakufu were about to start negotiations for a commercial treaty, the lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira, — a forerunner of the fukoku kyōhei policy — decided to open relations with the West.
		As a dependency of Satsuma escaping the Bakufu's surveillance, the kingdom of Ryukyu was central to Nariakira's plans.
		Both the pressures exerted in the past by the French navy to open trade with Ryukyu and the treaty recently concluded between France and the kingdom made him confident that his trade proposal might be favorably considered in Paris.
	venus.unive.it /okinawa/en/sunti/beillevaire.html (301 words)

	A Timeline of Japanese History - Famous Samurai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Saigo was rescued and banished to the island Amami Oshima.
		In 1861 Shimazu Hisamitsu, the new leader of Satsuma, recalled him and ordered him to Satsuma where he was to lead the military force to Kyoto and Edo to unite the court and the Shogun.
		was born the son of a low ranking retainer of the Satsuma daimyo Shimazu Narioki (Okubo).
	tiger3.net /periods/extra/samurai.html (1388 words)

	JGarden - Gardens
		This garden and residence were first built in 1658 by Mitsuhisa Shimazu, the 19th patriarch of the Shimazu family, a powerful clan in Kyushu.
		But it is interesting for the installation of a gas lamp in the lantern by Nariakira Shimazu (27th lord).
		The Shimazu family was one of the most powerful and long-lasting families in Japanese history, holding sway in what is now Kagoshima and Miyazaki from the time of the first Kamakura shogun, Minamoto no Yoritomo until after the Meiji restoration in 1868.
	www.jgarden.org /gardens.asp?ID=482 (662 words)

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		The Shimazu Family took the position of the feudal lord of the domain of Satsuma in succession.
		At the end of the Edo period, the domain of Satsuma played an important role toward the Meiji restoration and later years in Japan by making a feudal lord of Nariakira Shimazu and Hisamitsu Shimazu who represented the influential clan as well as producing many patriots who joined the activity to overthrow the Shogunate.
		Especially, the cannons and shells manufactured in the most up-to-date military science factory (Shuseikan) in those days, which was built under the direction of the 28th feudal lord, Nariakira Shimazu, who had an international view, Satsuma ceramics, and leaden printing types for typography are worth seeing.
	www.ana.co.jp /eng/guides/skywalker/dms/koj/b4564.html (248 words)

	Counter-Culture Review : "The Last Samurai The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori"
		Nariakira was exceptionally talented, strong and robust and excelled at a variety of martial arts, including archery, riding and fencing.
		Nariakira was the most important person in the country because of his influence on the emperor and his government.
		The Shimazu House hid him from the Imperial Government and exiled him to the Amami Islands, where he found great cultural differences to those he had been born into, although he came to love the Amami Islands and its culture.
	www.altculture.org /ccult/ccult114.html (2186 words)

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		For 700 years of the Shimazu regime in Kagoshima, from the end of Kamakura period (1185-1333) to the end of Yedo period (1603-1868), it produced competent feudal lords, generation after generation.
		Exceptionally capable among them was the 28th lord, Nariakira, who introduced manufacturing to Japan and was a guiding force in the opening of the country to the West.
		The Shimazu also continued aloof from the Tokugawa and nourished a hatred for the Tokugawa house among their warriors.
	members.fortunecity.com /ihusselbee/info.htm (411 words)

	City Guide for Yokohama in Japan - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Originally known as Satsuma, the Kagoshima region was ruled by the powerful Shimazu clan for nearly seven centuries until the Meiji reforms put an end to such fiefdoms in 1871.
		Welcomed by the Shimazu lords - who were primarily interested in trade and acquiring new technologies - he spent ten months working in Kagoshima, where he found the poorer classes particularly receptive to Christian teachings.
		In 1862 an Englishman was decapitated in Yokohama by a Shimazu retainer for crossing the road in front of the daimyo' s procession.
	www.cityguides-worldwide.com /Japan/71128.htm (454 words)

	History guide for Kagoshima by Hostelbookers
		Welcomed by the Shimazu lords – who were primarily interested in trade and acquiring new technologies – he spent ten months working in Kagoshima, where he found the poorer classes particularly receptive to Christian teachings.
		In 1862 an Englishman was decapitated in Yokohama by a Shimazu retainer for crossing the road in front of the daimyo's procession.
		Fortunately there was little loss of life and the Shimazu were so impressed by this show of force that three years later they dispatched nineteen "young pioneers" to study in London.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/kagoshima/history (455 words)

	[AI] I have a request . . . .
		Shimazu The damiyo house of Satsuma, the south edge territory of Japanese islands.
		When the western army lose the battle of Sekigahara, the house Shimazu became a daimyo under the Edo shogunate.
		Famous member: Shimazu Nariakira, Shimazu Hisamitsu Other Family Names for Bushi There is a collection of family names that actually existed in feudal Japan.
	www.robomod.net /pipermail/vgai/1997-July/000789.html (1565 words)

	DETARVER \| Saigo Takamori
		He lived most of his younger life in utter obscurity, and had it not been for the keen eye of the Satsuma lord, Shimazu Nariakira, he may have spent the rest of his life the same way.
		Shimazu Nariakira, being more interested in talent and ability than in social status, started using Takamori in many official duties and this had a great impact on young Takamori’s outlook.
		Takamori was troubled by the way the new government was moving power away from the emperor and toward a government of advisors.
	www.detarver.com /samurai_masters/Saigo_Takamori.html (610 words)

	Amazon.com: "Shimazu Hisamitsu": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		and Shimazu Hisamitsu, the regent lord of Satsuma.
		Thus a number of powerful feudal lords, led by Shimazu Hisamitsu, father of the daimyo of Satsuma - although they were fundamentally in favor of developing relations with the West -...
		In the fourth month of 1862, Shimazu Hisamitsu, the de facto daimyo for the Satsuma domain on the island of Kyushu, marched on Kyoto at the head of...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Shimazu-Hisamitsu (482 words)

	Komatsu, Tatewaki \| Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures
		Born in Kagoshima to the lord Kiire of Satsuma, Kaneyoshi Kimotsuki, and a daughter of Hisanuki Shimazu, and adopted by Seiyu Komatsu.
		He became foot page of the clan lord Nariakira Shimazu.
		Later he was engaged in clan politics as a member of the political reformists, and became karo (chief retainer).
	www.ndl.go.jp /portrait/e/datas/82.html (141 words)

	Japan: History - LoveToKnow 1911
		The central office stood at Osaka, between which city and many of the principal provincial towns rudely constructed towers were placed at long distances, and from one to another of these intelligence as to the market price of rice was flashed by flag-shaking, the signals being read with telescopes.
		The Japanese saw a telegraph for the first time in 1854, when Commodore Perry presented a set of apparatus to the shogun, and four years later the feudal chief of Satsuma (Shimazu Nariakira) caused wires to be erected within the enclosure of his castle.
		The true value of electric telegraphy was first demonstrated to the Japanese in connection with an insurrection in 1877, under the leadership of Saigo, the favorite of this same Shimazu Nariakira.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Japan:_History (16937 words)

	Takamori Saigo - the REAL Last Samurai
		He dove into politics and by the time he was 26 he was banished for his outspoken views.
		This came shortly after his lord, Shimazu Nariakira, died.
		With his assistance, the Emperor took control of Japan, taking it back from the "Shoguns" or military rulers who had maintained samurai power since the 1600s.
	www.lisashea.com /japan/articles/saigo.html (416 words)

	COMPRADO - Artículo en línea de la información acerca de COMPRADO
		Perry presented a set of apparatus to the shogun, and four years later the feudal chief of Satsuma (Shimazu Nariakira) caused wires to be erected within the enclosure of his castle.
		Saigo, the favourite of this same Shimazu Nariakira.
		Before that time, however, a line of telegraph had been put up between Tokyo and Yokohama (18 m.) and a code of regulations had been enacted.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /es/PRE_PYR/COMPRADO.html (6429 words)

	The Manjiro Society - Spring 1994 Newsletter
		The domain of Satsuma was ruled by Shimazu family, which dates back to 1197 and is still one of Japan's great aristocratic families.
		The present head of the family, the 31st generation, is Shimazu Tadahide, and resides in Tokyo.
		When Manjiro returned to Japan, The Lord of Satsuma was Shimazu Nariakira, a bright and unique personality, with a great yearning for western knowledge (Manjiro could not have been luckier in his contacts with daimyo: the then Lord of Tosa was also a lively and intelligent man).
	www.manjiro.org /newsletter1-1.html (7563 words)

	Saigō Takamori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was recruited to travel to Edo in 1854 to assist Satsuma daimyo Shimazu Nariakira in promoting reconciliation and closer ties between the Tokugawa bakufu and the Imperial court.
		However, Saigō’s activity in Edo came to an abrupt end with the Ansei Purge by tairo Ii Naosuke against anti-Shogunal activities, and the sudden death of Shimazu Nariakira.
		He was recalled briefly in 1861, only to be banished again by the new Satsuma daimyo Shimazu Hisamitsu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saigo_Takamori (1380 words)

	HakuBaikou.com
		Kenshin bowed low as Shimazu made his remarks, not so much out of necessity as out of an intense desire to avoid the man’s close scrutiny, for now Shimazu was staring right at him.
		With so many of Shimazu’s ceremonial guards ringing the area, the last thing he wanted was for even one wisp of his red hair to be seen.
		Shimazu Hisamitsu’s comment about Satsuma being a leader in western technology even before the revolution is true.
	hakubaikou.com /contributors/conspirator/lesson11.html (10396 words)

	Takamori Saigo Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		After briefly attending the domain academy, he became a minor domain official.
		A huge man, physically powerful with a dark penetrating gaze and a commanding presence, he attracted the attention of the lord of the domain, Nariakira Shimazu, who agreed with his views that major domestic reforms were necessary to meet the challenge of the West.
		He acted as courier and confidant to Nariakira until the latter's death in 1858.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/takamori-saigo (519 words)

	Corning Museum of Glass \| Glass Collection Galleries \| Asian Glass
		In mid-19th-century Japan, luxury glass produced in Satsuma province was a major source of revenue.
		The province’s powerful leader, Nariakira Shimazu, encouraged the development and production of glass of high artistic quality.
		Red and dark blue were popular colors for luxury wares.
	www.cmog.org /index.asp?pageId=1191 (775 words)

	NPR : Japanese Photography : Alphonse Vinh
		As Tucker explains, in 1851 the powerful and progressive Satsuma clan ordered a samurai named Matsuki Koan and a scholar named Kawamoto Komin to take up the study of photography.
		The first Japanese-made photograph was of the Satsuma daimyo, or ruler, Shimazu Nariakira.
		The early photographs in the exhibition include an image of an 1864 attack by British, French and Dutch warships on a Japanese fort overlooking the strait between Honshu and Kyushu.
	www.npr.org /programs/musings/2003/may/photography.html (654 words)

	New School Aikido Santa Rosa Newsletter Winter 2004
		Saigo was too much of a crusader to spend much time on a personal life although he did like to hunt and is depicted with one of his beloved hunting dogs in a statue erected in his honor in Tokyo (formerly known as Edo).
		Saigo took an administrative position in the government of Satsuma and eventually attracted the attention of Shimazu Nariakira, his reform minded provincial leader, who took him along as his “gardener” when he went off to the capital at Edo where the daimyo (samurai provincial leaders) were required to reside in alternate years by the shogun.
		He became part of a movement to restore the emperor to primacy in the government, a position that had been lost seven centuries earlier when the servants of the emperor, the samurai, had usurped power.
	www.newschoolaikido.org /newsletters/2004/July (3679 words)

	Saigo Takamori
		Saigo Takamori was born as the son of a low-ranking samurai.
		After some military and religious training, he joined the services of Shimazu Nariakira, the local daimyo of Satsuma, on the Southern island of Kyushu.
		After the death of his lord, Saigo Takamori fell in disgrace.
	www.artelino.com /articles/saigo-takamori.asp (2740 words)

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		"You look troubled, my young friend." Shimazu Nariakira, dressed in a simple peasant's yukata and pants entered the chamber and crossed to his oddly carved rock 'throne'.
		He's Shimazu Nariakira, the outcast from the Cold Moon Clan.
		He's kept me safe from the warlord and his army." A loud moan rolled through the chamber, the ground beneath his feet undulating like a water bed.
	home.kc.rr.com /sandborn/n_nh_28.txt (11808 words)

	Tairo Ii Naosuke
		Ii Naosuke supported Tokugawa Yoshitomi, the twelve-year-old boy from the Kii branch closest to the direct line of descent.
		Tokugawa Nariaki's mature and intelligent son, Yoshinobu, also known as Keiki, was considered the most eligible candidate and had the strong support of not only his father, but of Matsudaira Yushinaga of Echizen and Shimazu Nariakira of Satsuma.
		Great Councilor Ii Naosuke, whose foreign sympathies were already well-known, decided in favor of Tokugawa Yoshitomi (now renamed Iemochi), a decision that only deepened Tokugawa Nariaki's growing anger.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C20/E2004.htm (3947 words)

	Okubo Toshimichi - Cleverpedia, the ultimate encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was entangled however into a plot, which led to the fact that its father had to go into the exile and it became to dismiss from this office again.
		By the Daimyō Shimazu Nariakira it was begnadigt and could take again its old post.
		During this time Ōkubo Toshimichi kept close contact with Saigō Takamori.
	cleverpedia.com /Okubo_Toshimichi (466 words)

	Flying Yangban: Katsumoto was wrong: Oriental romanticism in "The Last Samurai"
		Fortunately, however, for Satsuma and the entire Japanese nation, the Lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira, a radical reformer, innovator and great historical figure in his own right, was able and willing to recognize genius even among even his lowest-ranking vassals.
		In 1854, Lord Nariakira recruited Saigo to accompany him to Edo as his close confidant.
		Thirteen years later, at the eve of the restoration, Saigo, now commander of an imperial army fifty thousand strong, was the most powerful man in Japan.
	gopkorea.blogs.com /flyingyangban/2004/01/katsumoto_was_w.html (12519 words)

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		Satsuma-age fish meal fried in oil - is a local Kagoshima dish popular throughout Japan.
		The locals call it tsuke-age, and legend has it that during the Edo period (1603-1868) the head of the Satsuma clan, Nariakira Shimazu (1809 - 1858) visited his domain of Ryukyu (Okinawa) and imitated their traditional dish of chikiagi.
		Another version of the story maintains that fishermen came up with the idea of Satsuma-age in order to preserve the bumper harvest provided by the nearby sea.
	www.kyukeiren.or.jp /english/newsletter/no19/newsl19.htm (5564 words)

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