Nabeshima Mitsushige (鍋 島 光 茂, July 10, 1632 , Saga , Kyushu , Japan - July 2, 1700 , ibid.) - Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period [1] . The third ruler of the principality of Saga in the Hizen province of the Kyushu region (today it is part of the prefectures of Saga and Nagasaki in Japan ).
| Nabeshima Mitsushige | |
|---|---|
| jap. 鍋 島 光 茂 | |
| Years of life | |
| Period | Edo |
| Date of Birth | July 10, 1632 |
| Place of Birth | Saga , Kyushu , Japan |
| Date of death | July 2, 1700 (67 years old) |
| Place of death | Saga , Kyushu , Japan |
| Posts | |
| Shogunate | Shogunate Tokugawa |
| Khan | Saga Khan |
| Grades | Chamberlain |
| Posts | Head of the Nabeshima clan |
| Years of rule | 1657 - 1695 |
| Suzerain | Tokugawa Iemitsu Tokugawa Ietsuna Tokugawa Tsunayoshi |
| Family and relatives | |
| Kind | Nabesima |
| Father | Nabesima Tadanao Nabesima Katsushige (adopted) |
| Mother | Megumi |
| Successor | Nabesima Tsunashige |
| Wives | |
| Legal wife | Torahime |
| Children | |
| Sons | 15 sons |
| Daughters | 9 daughters |
Biography
He came from the Nabeshima clan , which belonged to the tozama and had the status of the ruler of the province ( Jap. 国 主 ). The eldest son of Nabesima Tadanao, the fourth son of Nabesima Katsushige . Mitsushige's mother came from the famous Matsudaira clan . After the early death of his father, he was adopted by his grandfather and inherited the Saga domain. His uncle, Nabesima Naozumi, himself wanted to become a daimyo of the principality of Saga and even married the widow of Tadanao, but instead was forced to be satisfied with becoming the first daimyo of Hasunoike-khan .
Mitsushige's legal wife was Torahime, daughter of Uesugi Sadakatsu, the second daimyo of the Yenazawa Principality .
Mitsushige became famous for the prohibition in 1657 of , a suicide as a sign of fidelity, which was traditionally committed in Japan by vassals after the death of the ruler, by issuing a decree according to which all who commit suicide after his death will bring shame to their descendants. [2] He was 6 years ahead of Tokugawa Ietsuna , who in 1663 issued a law prohibiting Junsi.
The father of at least fifteen sons, three of whom, Tsunashige (eldest son), Yoshishige (second son) and Munesige (fifteenth son) were the rulers of the principality of Saga.
In 1695, Nabesima Mitsushige passed the principality to his eldest son Tsunashige.
After the death of Nabesima, one of his vassals, Yamamoto Tsunetomo , refused to perform junshi precisely because his ruler opposed this practice during his lifetime. Tsunetomo later became a monk and wrote the book “ Hagakure ” ( 隱 隱 (葉 隠) “Hidden in Foliage” ) , the practical and spiritual leadership of the samurai. In it, Tsunetomo, in particular, included the sayings and acts of Nabesima Mitsushige himself, as well as his grandfather Naosige , father Katsushige and the eldest son Tsunashige. [2]
Notes
- ↑ "第 2 代 鍋 島 光 茂". Nabeshima Chokokan Museum. Retrieved 2015-10-17
- ↑ 1 2 Yuzan Daydoji Budosesinshu, Yamamoto Tsunetomo , Yukio Mishima . Samurai book. Bushido. - St. Petersburg: "Eurasia", 2000. - P. 86. - 108 p. - ISBN 5-8071-0005-0 . Translation into Russian: Kotenko R.V., Mishchenko A.A.