Komatsu Kiyokado
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was a Japan
ese samurai of the late Edo period
, who served the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, and went on to become a government official of the early Meiji period
. He was also commonly known as . Komatsu ruled the fief of Yoshitoshi, which was a part of the Satsuma Domain. Appointed karō
in 1862, he held high office in the Satsuma domain until its dissolution in 1871. Komatsu was also a descendant of the Sengoku-era samurai Nejime Shigenaga
.
in the service of Shimazu Tadayoshi
, the daimyo of Satsuma, in 1862. He was the official advocate of low-ranking men such as Ōkubo Toshimichi
. He also helped shelter Sakamoto Ryōma
.
Japan
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ese samurai of the late Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
, who served the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, and went on to become a government official of the early Meiji period
Meiji period
The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :...
. He was also commonly known as . Komatsu ruled the fief of Yoshitoshi, which was a part of the Satsuma Domain. Appointed karō
KARO
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in 1862, he held high office in the Satsuma domain until its dissolution in 1871. Komatsu was also a descendant of the Sengoku-era samurai Nejime Shigenaga
Nejime Shigenaga
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through Azuchi-Momoyama period. The son of Nejime Kiyotoshi, Shigenaga was a retainer of the Kimotsuki clan, and the 16th generation head of his family. He joined Kimotsuki Kanetsugu in the fight against the Shimazu in Ōsumi Province...
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Early life and adoption
Komatsu was born to the Kimotsuki family, who were also high-ranking Satsuma retainers. He was adopted by Komatsu Kiyomichi as a young man, and inherited the headship in 1856, immediately after his adoption.Satsuma career
Komatsu became a karōKARO
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in the service of Shimazu Tadayoshi
Shimazu Tadayoshi
was a daimyo of Satsuma Province during Japan's Sengoku period.He was born to a branch family of the Shimazu clan, the Mimasaka Shimazu family but after his father Shimazu Yoshihisa died, his mother married Shimazu Unkyu of another branch family, the Soshū...
, the daimyo of Satsuma, in 1862. He was the official advocate of low-ranking men such as Ōkubo Toshimichi
Okubo Toshimichi
, was a Japanese statesman, a samurai of Satsuma, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. He is regarded as one of the main founders of modern Japan.-Early life:...
. He also helped shelter Sakamoto Ryōma
Sakamoto Ryoma
was a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period in Japan. Ryōma used the alias .- Early life :Ryōma was born in Kōchi, of Tosa han . By the Japanese calendar, this was the sixth year of Tenpō...
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