Talk:Matsudaira Katamori

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Merged content from Katamori Matsudaira. I'll continue to work on this when I have time. Atsi Otani 07:05, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

I've tried to temporarily fix the article. The article is still underdeveloped, and I had to omit some information that used to be in the article. The previous version of the article can be found at User:Atsi_Otani/Matsudaira_Katamori_(archive). Please contact me on my talk page if you have any issues with my edit. I'll try to improve the article when I have time. Atsi Otani 14:32, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The Military Governor of Kyoto during the Meiji Restoration era?? The Bakumatsu period was just before the Meiji Restoration, and it was during that time that he was the military governor of Kyoto, and it was then that the Shinsengumi was active. I don't know exactly when the Meiji Restoration began, but it would have been when the last shogun resigned. Ref. Romulus Hillsborough's work on that time...a few books and a website.

  • Katamori tried to achieve peaceful resolutions after the Battle of Toba Fushimi, but members of the new Meiji government refused. Does anybody know what exactly he tried? I mean, solutions for what?

Katamori apologized to the new government many times, invoking his good relationship with Emperor Komei and asking to have his domain be spared from attack. His neighboring lords in the north also tried to intervene on his behalf with the new government, to no avail. As a gesture of his submission, he retired from the family headship and placed himself in confinement in Aizu. It is notable that Aizu appears to have first focused in diplomatic efforts at reconciliation, and then moved toward a focus on military efforts. However, the two are not mutually exclusive-- Aizu had military contingencies even during the period of diplomacy following Toba-Fushimi. In the text "Meiji Nyuusu Jiten" (ISBN 4895631052) which compiles articles from a plethora of newspapers from 1868 to the start of the 20th century, there is a facsimile of a public apology written by Katamori, as well as a facsimile of a petition on his behalf by the lords of 14 major northern domains. In a rather notable turn of events, he refers in the public apology to Tokugawa Yoshinobu as being "foolish" in his actions. Will make those available here when I have more time. --Tadakuni 15:09, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Waht is the Ouetsu Reppan Doumei? A party? --Franczeska 21:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

The Ouetsu Reppan Doumei, also known by some Western scholars as the "Northern Alliance of Confederated Domains," was a loose coalition formed around the Sendai, Shonai, Nihonmatsu, and Aizu domains, which eventually included most of the domains of northeastern Japan, including those in the entirety of Mutsu and Dewa Provinces, as well as the northern half of Echigo Province. Even the Matsumae clan of Hokkaido were signatories to the original pact. It had Sendai lord Date Yoshikuni as its commander-in-chief, and Prince Rinnoji no Miya Yoshihisa as its leader. However, the alliance fell apart soon after, due to inaction on the part of Date Yoshikuni and its inability to operate as a single, cohesive entity in military affairs. --Tadakuni 15:18, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

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