Akimoto Hirotomo
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was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period
who served as the lord of Tatebayashi han (Kōzuke Province
). Succeeding to family headship in 1864, he ruled the domain during the closing stages of the Tokugawa Shogunate
and the chaos of the Boshin War
. He and his domain were deeply involved in the events of the war in the north.
In the Meiji era
, Hirotomo's family became in the new nobility.
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 as the lord of Tatebayashi han (Kōzuke Province
Kozuke Province
was an old province located in the Tōsandō of Japan, which today comprises Gunma Prefecture. It is nicknamed as or .The ancient provincial capital was near modern Maebashi. During the Sengoku period, Kōzuke was controlled variously by Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, the late Hōjō clan, and...
). Succeeding to family headship in 1864, he ruled the domain during the closing stages of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...
and the chaos of the Boshin War
Boshin War
The was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the imperial court....
. He and his domain were deeply involved in the events of the war in the north.
In the Meiji era
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 :...
, Hirotomo's family became in the new nobility.