Name Nabeshima Mitsushige | Died July 2, 1700 | |
Descendants Nabeshima Narinao, Nabeshima Naotomo Great grandchildren Nabeshima Narinao, Nabeshima Naotomo | ||
Nabeshima Mitsushige (鍋島 光茂, July 10, 1632 – July 2, 1700) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. He was famed for his forbidding of junshi, the form of traditional suicide whereby a retainer followed his lord in death. It was because of this dislike for junshi that one of his favorite retainers Yamamoto Tsunetomo went after his death to pen the Hagakure.
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