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Satsuma and Domain
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* 1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between
the Satsuma Domain of Japan
and the United
Kingdom ( Traditional Japanese date: July 2
, 1863 ).
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* 1609 – Daimyo
( Lord )
of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū
, Japan
, completes his successful invasion
of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa
.
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It was a busy political
and commercial port city throughout
the medieval period
and into
the Edo period
( 1603 – 1867 ) when it formally became
the capital
of the Shimazu's fief
, the Satsuma Domain.
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Shimazu Nariakira
, daimyo
of Satsuma Domain, appears in this daguerreotype photograph by Ichiki Shirō
.
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Samurai
of the Satsuma Domain |
Satsuma clan
, during
the Boshin War period
, circa 1867
.
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Category: People from
Satsuma Domain
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Category: People from
Satsuma Domain
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Category: People from
Satsuma Domain
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Various domains sent students
to learn from Takashima in Nagasaki
, from
Satsuma Domain after
the intrusion
of an American warship in 1837 in Kagoshima Bay
, and from Saga
Domain and Chōshū
Domain, all southern domains mostly exposed
to Western intrusions
.
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During
the Boshin War
of the Meiji Restoration
, Funabashi was
the location
of a minor skirmish between Tokugawa loyalists under Enomoto Takeaki
and the pro-Imperial forces
of Okayama
Domain and Satsuma Domain, during which most
of the town burned down
.
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The Mōri
( Chōshū
Domain )
and Shimazu
( Satsuma Domain ) clans were both raised
to the rank
of prince for their role in
the Meiji Restoration ;
the Yamauchi
( Tosa
Domain ) clan was given
the rank
of marquess
.
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He disagreed
with the domain ’ s official policy
of kōbu gattai
( reconciliation between
the Imperial Court
and the Tokugawa shogunate
), and in 1867-1868
, he met
with Saigō Takamori
of the Satsuma Domain, and agreed
to pledge Tosa's forces in
the effort
to overthrow
the Shogun in
the upcoming Meiji Restoration
.
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In Iwakura he wrote many opinions
and sent them
to the Court or his political companions in
Satsuma Domain.
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* Ōkubo Toshimichi
of the Satsuma Domain ( Satsuma-han )
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* Saigō Takamori
of the Satsuma Domain ( Satsuma-han )
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Category: People from
Satsuma Domain
Satsuma and controlled
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During
the Sengoku
and Edo Periods
, Ōsumi was
controlled by
the Shimazu clan
of neighboring
Satsuma and did not develop a major administrative center
.
Ryūkyū, a semi-independent kingdom for nearly all
of the Edo period
, was
controlled by
the Shimazu family daimyo
of Satsuma Domain.
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The Shimazu family
controlled Satsuma province for roughly four centuries prior
to the beginning
of the Edo period
and the establishment
of the han
, and towards
the end
of the 16th century
, controlled nearly all
of Kyūshū
.
Satsuma and with
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In Japan armour continued
to be used until
the end
of the samurai era
, with the last major fighting in which armour was used happening in 1868
. Samurai armour
had one last short lived use in 1877 during
the Satsuma Rebellion
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Francis Xavier reached Japan on 27 July 1549
, with Anjiro
and three other Jesuits
, but he was not permitted
to enter any port his ship arrived at until 15 August
, when he went ashore at Kagoshima
, the principal port
of the province
of Satsuma on
the island
of Kyūshū
.
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The
Ryūkyū Kingdom was obliged
to agree
to form a tributary relationship
with the Satsuma and the Tokugawa shogunate
, while maintaining its previous tributary relationship
with China ; Ryukyuan sovereignty was maintained since complete annexation would have created a conflict
with China
.
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The
Satsuma clan earned considerable profits from trades
with China during a period in which foreign
trade was heavily restricted by
the shogunate
.
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Map
of Japanese provinces
( 1868 )
with Satsuma Province highlighted
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In 1871
, with the abolition
of feudal domains
and the establishment
of prefectures after
the Meiji Restoration
, the provinces
of Satsuma and Ōsumi were combined
to eventually establish Kagoshima Prefecture
.
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Because
of this
, the oligarchy that came into power after
the " Meiji Restoration "
of 1868
had a strong representation from
the Satsuma province
, with leaders such as Ōkubo Toshimichi
and Saigō Takamori taking up key government positions
.
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The promise
of reform in
the document initially went unfulfilled: in particular
, a parliament
with real power was not established until 1890
, and the Meiji oligarchy from
Satsuma, Chōshū
, Tosa
and Hizen retained political
and military control well into
the 20th century
.
Satsuma voted on April 12
, 2011
to create its own school system
and began
the process
of forming a school board
with plans
to start school in
the fall
of 2012
.
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The
Satsuma City Council received 21 applications for
the five member board
, and following two rounds
of interviews
the Satsuma Board
of Education was formed
with the following members being sworn in on June 7th
, 2011: Linda Robbins
, James B
. Woosley
, Diane Keasler
, Jimmy Upton
and Pat Hicks
.
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The
Satsuma domain kept
the kingdom nominally alive because
of the benefit from
trade with China
, although
the Amami Archipelago came under
the full control
of Satsuma.
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He also unified
the nation ’ s currency
, created
the national mint
, and a separate Minister
of Industry ; however
, he was dismissed in 1881 after a long series
of disagreements
with members
of the Satsuma and Chōshū clique in
the Meiji oligarchy
, most notably Itō Hirobumi
, over his efforts
to secure foreign loans
, to establish a constitution
, and especially over his exposure
of illicit property dealings involving Prime Minister Kuroda Kiyotaka
and others from
Satsuma.
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Working under his patron
, Navy Minister Saigō Tsugumichi from 1893
, Yamamoto became
the real leader
of the navy ; initiating numerous reforms
, attempting
to end favoritism toward officers
of his own
Satsuma province
, attempting
to end officers from profiteering from military office
, and attempting
to attain roughly equal status
with the army in
the Supreme War Council
.
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Due
to his association
with a former enemy clan
of the new Imperial Government
, which was dominated by
the feudal clans
of Chōshū
and Satsuma, Hara for long remained an outsider in
the world
of politics
.
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He went
with the Imperial Japanese Army
to the front during
the Satsuma Rebellion as a reporter for
the Yūbin Hōchi Shimbun
.
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The nomenclature Empire
of Japan
had existed since
the anti-Tokugawa domains
, Satsuma and Chōshū
, which founded their new government during
the Meiji Restoration
, with the intention
of forming a modern state
to resist western domination
.
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In
the Satsuma Rebellion
, he lost a banner
of the emperor in battle
, for which he tried
to atone
with suicidal bravery in order
to recapture it
, until ordered
to stop
.
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Examples are usually
of globular form
with three feet
, made in pottery
, Imari porcelain
, Kakiemon
, Satsuma, enamel or bronze
.
Satsuma and Ryūkyū
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It served not only as
the political center for
Satsuma, but also for
the semi-independent vassal kingdom
of Ryūkyū ; Ryukyuan traders
and emissaries frequented
the city
, and a special Ryukyuan embassy building was established
to help administer
relations between
the two polities
and to house visitors
and emissaries
.
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Though
Satsuma maintained strong influence over
the islands
, the Ryūkyū Kingdom maintained a considerable degree
of domestic political freedom for over two hundred years
.
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When he was released two years later
, the Ryūkyū Kingdom regained a degree
of autonomy ; however
, the Satsuma domain seized control over some territory
of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, notably
the Amami-Ōshima island group
, which was incorporated into
the Satsuma domain
and remains a part
of Kagoshima prefecture
, not Okinawa prefecture
, today
.
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Though technically under
the control
of Satsuma, Ryūkyū was given a great degree
of autonomy
, to best serve
the interests
of the Satsuma daimyō
and those
of the shogunate
, in trading
with China
.
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Thus
, ironically
, Satsuma —
and the shogunate — was obliged
to be mostly hands-off in terms
of not visibly or forcibly occupying
Ryūkyū or controlling
the policies
and laws there
.
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The situation benefited all three parties involved —
the Ryūkyū royal government
, the Satsuma daimyo
, and the shogunate —
to make
Ryūkyū seem as much a distinctive
and foreign country as possible
.
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They were even forbidden from divulging their knowledge
of the Japanese language during their trips
to Edo ;
the Shimazu family
, daimyo
of Satsuma, gained great prestige by putting on a show
of parading
the King
, officials
, and other
people of Ryūkyū to and through Edo
.
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Briefly part
of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, in 1624 it was annexed by
the daimyo
of Satsuma.
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was a tozama daimyo
of Satsuma, the first
to hold it as a formal fief
( han ) under
the Tokugawa shogunate
, and the first Japanese
to rule over
the Ryūkyū Kingdom.
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Trade
with the Ainu people was limited
to the Matsumae Domain in Hokkaidō
, and trade with the Ryūkyū Kingdom took place in
Satsuma Domain ( present-day Kagoshima Prefecture ).
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Tashiro Kazui has shown that
trade between Japan
and these entities was divided into two kinds
of trade: Group A in which he places China
and the Dutch
, " whose
relations fell under
the direct jurisdiction
of the Bakufu at Nagasaki "
and Group B
, represented by
the Korean
Kingdom and the Ryūkyū Kingdom, " who dealt
with Tsushima ( the Sō clan )
and Satsuma ( the Shimazu clan ) domains respectively
.
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By
the time Nariakira
had arrived in
Satsuma to address a crisis related
to the Ryūkyū Kingdom ( a vassal state under
Satsuma ) in 1846
, Yura
had used her charm
to thoroughly convince Narioki
to promote
the interests
of her son Hisamitsu over Narioki ’ s legitimate son
and heir-apparent
( Nariakira ).
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Nariakira arrived in
Satsuma to attempt
to resolve
the Ryūkyū crisis
, as per
the orders
of shogunal high official Abe Masahiro
, on June 25
, 1846
.
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Abe spoke on behalf
of the Tokugawa shogun in regards
to Japan ’ s national military defense
and was
the one who placed Nariakira in charge
of Satsuma ’ s dealing
with the Ryūkyū Western Trade Treaty crisis
.
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