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He was born as the fourteenth son of Ii Naonaka , daimyo of Hikone ( Omi Province). Because of his low rank within the family, he was not expected to take up any position of importance, so he moved into a Buddhist monastery and subsisted off of a meager stipend during the early years of his life.
However, Ii's older brothers gradually died or were adopted into other families, placing him at the fore to inherit his father's domain. In 1850, Ii's last remaining elder brother died, so he inherited the lordship of Hikone.
Sakurada Gate of Edo castle Ii was active in the reform of the bakuhan taisei system, as well as in the defense of Tokyo Bay during the arrival of Matthew C. Perry.
In 1858, when ShogunFor the James Clavel novel, see Shogun or for the TV Miniseries. In Japanese history, a Shogun was the practical ruler of Japan for most of the time from 1192 to the Meiji Era beginning in 1868. Bakufu is a Japanese word for the administration of a Shogun Tokugawa IesadaTokugawa Iesada ( ; 1824 1858) was the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office for only 5 years, from 1853 to 1858. Tokugawa, Iesada Tokugawa, Iesada Iesada. became ill, the daimyo argued over who should run Japan in the interim. Ii won the tairo election against Hitotsubashi Keiki, who was supported by the tozama domains of the west.
Ii was in favor of opening Japan to the West, which caused friction with sonno joiSonno joi (尊皇攘夷) was a Japanese political slogan meaning Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians . The phrase is also commonly translated as Respect the Emperor, Expel the Foreign Barbarians . The origin of the slogan are in T rebels supporting the expulsion of "barbarians" from the country. He attempted to halt the opposition with the Ansei PurgeAnsei Purge was a purge, in 1858 and '59, of over 100 people from the bakufu, various han, and the Imperial court. Eight of those `purged' were also executed. It was carried out by Ii Naosuke in an effort to quiet opposition to his handling of the questio, which arrested or executed more than a hundred isolationist leaders.
He was murdered in the middle of the night by a band of seventeen roninA ronin (Japanese: ) (literally, wave man one who is tossed about, like a wave in the sea) was a masterless samurai during the feudal period of Japan that lasted from 1185 to 1868. A samurai became masterless from the ruin or fall of his master, or after near Sakurada Gate, EdoThis article is about the former city name of Tokyo, for the Nigerian state, see Edo (state Edo ( Japanese: 江戸, literally: bay- door, " estuary"), once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo. The pronunci Castle.
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