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While the Shogun Still Lives ―― Ii Naosuke’s Disposition of Owari and Mito on the Fifth Day of the Seventh Month of Ansei 5
Ii Naosuke entered the castle at the usual hour, and on this day his withdrawal came at the hour of nine-half at night, as late as one in the morning. The reason was that the beriberi of the shogun,… -
Tokugawa Nariaki’s Campaign to Remove the Corrupt ―― Eight Years of Mito Domain Politics, from Kōka 1 to Kaei 5
A single letter arrived at the residence of the senior councilor Abe Masahiro from the Mito domain's secondary residence.
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