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The Shoshidai’s Conscience ―― Ansei 5, Ninth Month: Sakai Tadaaki’s Warning Letter and Nagano Yoshitoki Closing In
The twenty-fifth day of the ninth month of Ansei 5 (1858), Kyoto. Miura Yoshinobu (Shichibei), the official steward of the shoshidai Sakai Tadaaki, brought a document to the residence of the former… -
The Result of Manabe’s Report to the Throne ―― From the Second Month to the Twelfth Month of Ansei 5
In other words, it was a letter happily reporting the outcome in Kyoto. Ii read through it that very morning. -
A Worthless Promise to Return to National Seclusion ―― Manabe Akikatsu’s Audience at Court and the Proclamation on the Thirtieth Day of the Twelfth Month of Ansei 5
The thirtieth day of the twelfth month of Ansei 5 (1858). At his first audience at court on the twenty-fourth day of the tenth month, he was merely granted an imperial cup, on the grounds that the… -
Manabe’s Visit to the Palace and His Report ―― From the 2nd Month of Kōka 3 (1846) to the 12th Month of Ansei 5 (1858)
From early morning, Kyoto was struck by a sudden shower, and thunder rolled. At the hour of the snake, just before ten in the morning, the sky finally cleared. -
The author of the script was not shallow in judgment ―― the decision in the sixth month of Ansei 5 to send Manabe Akikatsu and Sakai Tadaaki up to the capital
The twelfth day of the sixth month of Ansei 5 (1858). -
Manabe Akikatsu’s Deception ―― The Document of the Kogosho and “Nothing But Lies,” Tenth Month, Ansei 5
The lower chamber of the Kogosho. Present together were the court liaisons to the shogunate, Hirohashi Mitsushige and Madenokōji Masafusa. The matter was taken up at the fifth hour of the night,… -
While the Shogun Still Breathed ―― Ii Naosuke’s Punishment of Owari, Mito, and Echizen on the Fifth Day of the Seventh Month of Ansei 5 (1858)
Ii Naosuke went to the castle at the usual hour, and his departure that day extended to half past the hour of nine at night, reaching one in the morning. The reason was that the beriberi of the… -
The Shield of “I Beg Your Pardon” ―― On the Twenty-Third Day of the Sixth Month of Ansei 5, Tokugawa Yoshinobu Confronts Ii Naosuke
The twenty-second day of the sixth month of Ansei 5 (1858). A chief retainer of the Hitotsubashi house, having withdrawn from Edo Castle, returned to the residence and presented his lord with a… -
The Three Characters “Violation of the Imperial Command” ―― Tokugawa Nariaki’s Petition and Ii Naosuke’s Reply, Sixth Month of Ansei 5 (1858)
At the Mito domain residence in Edo, Tokugawa Nariaki was making corrections to an inquiry document. It was a reply.
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