Shimazu Narioki
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Shimazu Narioki | |
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| 島津斉興 | |
 Shimazu Narioki | |
| Head of Shimazu clan | |
| In office 1809–1851 | |
| Preceded by | Shimazu Narinobu |
| Succeeded by | Shimazu Nariakira |
| Lord of Satsuma Domain | |
| In office 1809–1851 | |
| Succeeded by | Shimazu Nariakira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 December 1791 |
| Died | 7 October 1859 (aged 67) |
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| Military service | |
| Rank | Daimyo |
Shimazu Narioki (島津 斉興; 1 December 1791 – 7 October 1859) was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyō) of the Edo period, the 27th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain (r. 1809–1851). Shimazu was the overseer of the Tenpō Reforms under Zusho Hirosato and an initiator of the Kaei purge.[1] He was the father of Shimazu Nariakira, Shimazu Hisamitsu and Ikeda Naritoshi (1811–1842).
He was born in Edo on November 6, 1791, as the eldest son of the Shimazu Yoshinobu . Because of his birth mother's family, the Suzuki clan were ronin and a dispute arose between the Shimazu clan and the Suzuki clan after Nariaki was born.
In October 1804, during the Genpuku era, he was given an epithet by Tokugawa Ienari, and changed his name from Tadayoshi/Tadaharu/Tadaatsu to Saioki. He was appointed as Junior Fourth Rank Lower, Chamberlain and Bungonokami.
In June 1809, his father, Yoshinobu, was forced into retirement by his grandfather, Shimazu Shigego, in order to take responsibility for the collapse of the Kinshiroku, so he took over the headship of the clan and became the 10th lord of the domain. However, even though he became the lord of the domain, the real power such as reforming the domain's administration remained in the hands of heavyweights.
In 1833, when Shigego died at the age of 89, he took over the domain's administration, and appointed Chosho Hirosato, who had been a key figure in reforming the domain to lead Satsuma, which focused on fiscal reform. He worked on the Tenpo reform of the domain. Under the leadership of the Census Bureau, the administrative reforms of the domain had great effects, such as paying debts in 250-year installments, smuggling trade with the Qing Dynasty, monopolizing sugar, and making counterfeit money, and the finances of the Satsuma domain quickly recovered.