- Kuroda Nagahiro
Infobox_Officeholder | name= Kuroda Nagahiro
nationality=Japanese
caption=Kuroda Nagahiro (1811-1887)
order=Lord of Fukuoka
term_start=1834
term_end=1869
predecessor= Kuroda Narikiyo
successor=Kuroda Nagatomo
birth_date=birth date|1811|3|1|mf=y
birth_place=Edo ,Japan
death_date=death date and age|1887|3|7|1811|3|1|mf=y, aged age|1811|3|1|1887|3|7
death_place=
spouse= Kuroda SumiMarquess nihongo|Kuroda Nagahiro|黒田 長溥|Kuroda Nagahiro (
March 1 ,1811 -March 7 ,1887 ) was a Japanesedaimyo of the lateEdo period , who ruled theFukuoka Domain .Biography
Nagahiro was the ninth son of
Shimazu Shigehide , lord ofSatsuma Domain ;Kuroda Narikiyo , lord of Fukuoka, adopted Nagahiro in 1822. Nagahiro's mother was a woman of humble origins named Chisa; she had attracted Shigehide's attention with her "sturdy build and great love ofsake ." [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%92%E7%94%B0%E9%95%B7%E6%BA%A5] Much like his mother, Nagahiro was also well-built. He was close in age toShimazu Nariakira , and the two had a brotherly relationship.Nagahiro succeeded his adoptive father in 1834. Much like his birth father, Nagahiro was a serious proponent of technological modernization, especially with regards to his domain's military. He built a After Commodore Perry's arrival, Nagahiro (like his close relative, Shimazu Nariakira) was a proponent of opening the country. He greatly encouraged learning amongst his retainers, and sent them to the best schools of
Edo ,Osaka , and Nagasaki to absorb the Western knowledge and technical expertise which was entering the country at the time.ja icon [http://shuyu.fku.ed.jp/syoukai/rekishi/kuroda.htm 黒田 長溥 ] ] He himself also engaged in similar efforts, listening to the anatomy lectures ofPhilipp Franz von Siebold in 1859.In the
Boshin War , his forces took part in the campaign against the domains of theTōhoku region .Nagahiro held the title of "Mino no Kami" (美濃守) as well as junior 2nd court rank ("juni'i" 従二位). [ [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kyushu/fukuoka.html 福岡藩 ] ] In the Meiji era, he was created "kōshaku" (侯爵;
marquess ) in the new peerage system.Notes
References
Further reading
*Kawazoe Shōji 川添昭二 (1983). "Ju ni'i Kuroda Nagahiro-kō den" 従二位黒田長溥公伝. 2 Vol.s, ed. Fukuoka Komonjo o Yomu Kai. Tokyo: Bunkenshuppan 文献出版.
*Yanagi Takenao 柳猛直 (1989). "Hiun no hanshu Kuroda Nagahiro" 悲運の藩主・黒田長漙. Fukuoka: Kaichōsha 海鳥社.External links
* [http://shuyu.fku.ed.jp/syoukai/rekishi/kuroda.htm Brief biography of Nagahiro]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
