Tamura Kuniyoshi, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Daimyo of the late Edo period, who ruled the Ichinoseki Domain
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About Tamura Kuniyoshi
- Viscount Tamura Kuniyoshi (????) (July 7, 1852 – February 26, 1887) was the 10th Tamura daimyo of Ichinoseki Domain.
- His courtesy title was Sakyo-no-daifu, and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.
- Kuniyoshi was the 7th son of Ishikawa Yoshimitsu, the 13th hereditary chieftain of the Ishikawa clan, a cadet branch of the Date clan of Sendai Domain.
- In 1863, Tamura Yukiaki, the 9th daimyo of Ichinoseki Domain was adopted by Date Yoshikuni as heir apparent to Sendai Domain, which left Ichinoseki Domain leaderless.
- Kuniyoshi was appointed by clan elders to become daimyo and became the adopted son of Yukiaki through marriage to Yukiaki's daughter.
- He initially took the name of Tamura Yoshiaki (????), but later changed to Tamura Kuniyoshi.
- In 1868, he obeyed the call of Sendai Domain, and led Ichinoseki troops into the Ouetsu Reppan Domei against the new Meiji government in the Boshin War.
- However, only a few months later, Ichinoseki along with Sendai Domain, was forced to surrender to imperial forces.
- Kuniyoshi retired in favor of his younger brother, Tamura Takaaki.
- In 1869 his court rank was increased to Fifth Grade, and he served the new government in various capacities.
- In 1882, the chieftainship of the Tamura clan was returned from his brother, and in 1884 he was ennobled with the kazoku peerage title of shishaku (viscount).
- He died in 1887 at the age of 36, and his titles (including clan chieftainship) reverted to Tamura Takaaki; however, Takaaki appointed Kuniyoshi's son as his own heir. His grave is at the Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.
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