Ii Naosuke (井伊 直弼, November 29, 1815 – March 24, 1860) was a daimyō (feudal lord) of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan...

Sakuradamon-gai no Hen, or 桜田門の変 Sakuradamon no Hen) was the assassination of Ii Naosuke, Chief Minister (Tairō) of the Tokugawa shogunate, on March 24, 1860 by...

The purge was undertaken by Ii Naosuke in opposition to Imperial Loyalists. The Ansei Purge was ordered by Ii Naosuke on behalf of the bakufu faction...

conduct in battle at Sekigahara. The Ii and a few sub-branches remained daimyō for the duration of the Edo period. Ii Naosuke, the famed politician of the late...

of the Ii, Sakai, Doi, and Hotta clans, but Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu was given the status of tairō as well. Among the most famous was Ii Naosuke, who was...

with Japanese tea ceremonies, especially tea masters Sen no Rikyū and Ii Naosuke. The term can be traced back to the 16th century to an expression by tea...

name to Iemochi. Before Iesada died he give his will to Ii Naosuke, that: First, Ii Naosuke must help Iemochi at administration until Iemochi was old...

the 12 year old Tokugawa Iemochi as shōgun whom it was perceived Tairō Ii Naosuke would have influence over, ultimately placing Nariaki and Yoshinobu under...

major opponent of his policies. This strengthened the sonnō jōi movement. Ii Naosuke was appointed tairō from April 23, 1858. A widespread cholera outbreak...

lord, Ii Naotaka. The precincts contain the tombs of successive feudal lords of the Ii clan and their wives, including the grave of Ii Naosuke, the 13th...