Ōtawara Kazukiyo

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ōtawara.

Viscount Ōtawara Kazukiyo
大田原一清勤
Ōtawara Kazukiyo
16th Daimyō of Ōtawara Domain
In office 1868–1869
Monarch	Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Preceded by	Ōtawara Tomikiyo
Succeeded by	< position abolished >
Imperial Governor of Ōtawara
In office 1869–1871
Monarch	Emperor Meiji
Personal details
Born	(1861-11-10)November 10, 1861
Died	October 28, 1930(1930-10-28) (aged 69)
Spouse(s)	Iyoko, daughter of Mori Yoshishige of Mikazuki Domain
Parent	Ōtawara Tomikiyo (father)

Viscount Ōtawara Kazukiyo (大田原一清, November 10, 1861 – October 28, 1930) was the 14th (and final) daimyō of Ōtawara Domain in Shimotsuke Province, Japan (modern-day Tochigi Prefecture) under the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was Hida-no-kami, and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, later raised to Upper Fifth Rank.

Biography

Ōtawara Kazukiyo was the eldest son of Ōtawara Tomikiyo, the 13th daimyō of Ōtawara. He became daimyō in 1862 on his father's death. In 1868, with the start of the Boshin War, he immediate pledged fealty to the new Meiji government and was awarded with reconfirmation in his holdings. In 1869 he was appointed imperial governor of Ōtawara, although the government also demanded 5000 ryō in gold to help pay for the costs of the Boshin War. With the abolition of the han system in July 1871, he retired and relocated to Tokyo, where he attended the Keio Gijuku university.

With the establishment of the kazoku peerage system he was awarded with the title of shishaku (viscount) in 1884. In 1899, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers, where he served until 1923. He died in 1930.

See also

• Ōtawara Domain

References

• Koyasu Nobushige (1880). Buke kazoku meiyoden 武家家族名誉伝 Volume 1. Tokyo: Koyasu Nobushige. (Accessed from National Diet Library, 17 July 2008)