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 | |
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| 鍋島元茂 | |
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| 1st Lord of Ogi | |
| In office 1642–1654 | |
| Succeeded by | Nabeshima Naoyoshi |
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| Born | November 24, 1602 |
| Died | December 19, 1654 (aged 52) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Battles/wars | Shimabara 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