Uesugi Mochinori
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Uesugi Mochinori (上杉茂憲 Uesugi Mochinori?); (April 15, 1844-April 18, 1919) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who served as the last daimyo of Yonezawa han in Dewa Province. The direct descendant of the famed Uesugi Kenshin, Mochinori took part in the movements of the northern domains which culminated in the creation of the Ouetsu Reppan Domei during the Boshin War. In his last act as lord, he distributed around 100,000 ryō of gold coins from the domain's treasury to the retainers.
Following the war, in 1871, he went abroad to England to study. Later, in May of 1881, he became governor of Okinawa Prefecture. Becoming a member of the Genroin in 1883, in 1884 he became a count (伯爵 hakushaku). Toward the end of his life, he also received a promotion to senior 2nd court rank (正二位 shō-ni-i).
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- Asano Gengo 浅野源吾. Yonezawa-han shi 米沢藩史. Tokyo: Tōyō Shoin 東洋書院, Shōwa 50 (1975)
- Yonezawa-han Boshin monjo 米澤藩戊辰文書. Edited by Nihon Shiseki Kyōkai 日本史籍協會編. Tokyo: Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai 東京大學出版會, Shōwa 42 (1967)
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