Nabeshima Motoshige

Nabeshima Motoshige (鍋島 元茂, Nabeshima Motoshige, November 24, 1602 – December 19, 1654) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo Period, who ruled the Ogi Domain.

Nabeshima Motoshige
鍋島元茂
1st Lord of Ogi
In office
1642–1654
Succeeded byNabeshima Naoyoshi
Personal details
BornNovember 24, 1602
DiedDecember 19, 1654(1654-12-19) (aged 52)
NationalityJapanese
Parent
Relatives
Military service
Battles/warsShimabara Rebellion

He was the eldest son of Nabeshima Katsushige, the first lord of Saga Domain. Although he was the eldest son of Nabeshima clan, he was displaced in the line of succession for Saga Domain by his younger half-brother, Tadanao, whose mother was a daughter of shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, whilst his mother was a peasant woman named Oiwa. When his brother died, the office was succeeded by his nephew Mitsushige. He was a wise advisor to the third Tokugawa shogun Iemitsu.

In 1642, Ogi Domain was founded and Motoshige became its first daimyō.

He died in the third year of Jōō (1654), and his son, Naoyoshi, succeeded him.

References

    Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo


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