Komatsu Kiyokado


Komatsu Kiyokado was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, and went on to become a government official of the early Meiji period. He was also commonly known as Komatsu Tatewaki . Komatsu ruled the fief of Yoshitoshi, which was a part of the Satsuma Domain. Appointed kar in 1862, he held high office in the Satsuma domain until its dissolution in 1871. Komatsu was also a descendant of the Sengokuera samurai Nejime Shigenaga.

Komatsu Tatewaki was born the fourth son of Kimotsuki Kaneyoshi of Kiire who were highranking Satsuma retainers. His birth name was Kimotsuki Kaneshige He was adopted by Komatsu Kiyomichi as a young man, and inherited the headship in 1856, immediately after his adoption and became Komatsu Kiyokado

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