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was the 12th and final ''daimyō'' of Hirosaki Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was ''Tosa-no-kami.'' ==Biography== Tsugaru Tsuguakira was the 4th son of Hosokawa Narimori, the 8th ''daimyō'' of Uto Domain, a sub-domain of Kumamoto Domain in Kyushu. He was married to the 4th daughter of Tsugaru Yukitsugu, 11th ''daimyō'' of Hirosaki Domain, and was adopted as his heir in 1857. Tsuguakira became ''daimyō'' on February 7, 1859, and continued his predecessor’s policies of modernizing and westernizing the domain's military forces. Tsuguakira became ''daimyō'' during the turbulent Bakumatsu period, during which time the Tsugaru clan 〔Koyasu Nobushige (1880), ''Buke kazoku meiyoden'' vol. 1 (Tokyo: Koyasu Nobushige), p. 25. (Accessed from (National Diet Library ), 17 July 2008)〕 first sided with the pro-imperial forces of Satchō Alliance, and attacked nearby Shōnai Domain.〔McClellan, p. 175.〕〔Mark Ravina (1999), ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan'' (California: Stanford University Press), pp. 152-153.〕 However, the Tsugaru soon switched course, and briefly joined the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei.〔Onodera, p. 140.〕 However, for reasons yet unclear, the Tsugaru backed out of the alliance and re-joined the imperial cause after a few months, participating in several battles in the Imperial cause during the Boshin War, notably that of the Battle of Noheji, and Battle of Hakodate.〔 After the Meiji Restoration, with the abolition of the han system, Yukitsugu was appointed Imperial Governor of Hirosaki from 1869 to 1871, at which time the territory was absorbed into the new Aomori Prefecture. With the establishment of the ''kazoku'' peerage system in 1882, Tsuguakira was awarded with the title of ''hakushaku'' (count). After his retirement from public life, he served as a director of the , and was noted for his ''waka'' poetry. He died in Tokyo in 1916, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Taito-ku, Tokyo. Tsugaru Tsuguakira had no son, and adopted the younger son of the court noble Konoe Tadafusa, who took the name of (1872-1919) to be his heir. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tsugaru Tsuguakira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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