Nabeshima Motoshige
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- Nabeshima Katsushige (father)
Nabeshima Motoshige | |
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| 鍋島元茂 | |
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| 1st Lord of Ogi | |
| In office 1642–1654 | |
| Succeeded by | Nabeshima Naoyoshi |
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| Born | November 24, 1602 |
| Died | December 19, 1654 (aged 52) |
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| Battles/wars | Shimabara Rebellion |
Nabeshima Motoshige (鍋島 元茂, Nabeshima Motoshige; November 24, 1602 – December 19, 1654) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo Period, who ruled the Ogi Domain.[1]
He was the eldest son of Nabeshima Katsushige, the first lord of Saga Domain.[1] Although he was the eldest son of Nabeshima clan, he was displaced in the line of succession for Saga Domain by his younger half-brother, Tadanao, whose mother was a daughter of shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, while his mother was a peasant woman named Oiwa. When his brother died, the office was succeeded by his nephew Mitsushige. He was a wise advisor to the third Tokugawa shogun Iemitsu and served as a chief retainer to Lord Nabeshima of Hizen.[2]
In 1642, Ogi Domain was founded and Motoshige became its first daimyō.
He died in the third year of Jōō (1654), and his son, Naoyoshi, succeeded him.
