Andō Nobumasa

Andō Nobumasa
Andō Nobumasa
5th Lord of Iwakidaira
In office 1847–1862
Preceded by	Andō Nobuyori
Succeeded by	Andō Nobutami
Personal details
Born	January 10, 1819
Died	November 20, 1871 (aged 52)
Nationality	Japanese

Andō Nobumasa (安藤 信正, January 10, 1819 – November 20, 1871) was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period, who ruled the Iwakidaira Domain. He was a rōjū in the Tokugawa shogunate, and was active in the wake of Ii Naosuke's assassination. Andō himself was the target of an assassination attempt, which is remembered as the Sakashitamon Incident.^[1]

In 1868, during the Boshin War, Nobumasa took charge of the governance of Iwakidaira, and led its forces as part of the Northern Alliance (the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei).

Sakashita Gate Inceident

In 1862, six samurai from Mito Domain attempted to assassinate Ando outside the Sakashita Gate of Edo Castle. Ando barely survived the attempt. Rutherford Alcock was impressed that Ando appeared with his body bandaged and showing his spirit as an authority of the country just after he had been heavily injured.

Notes

1. Harootunian, Toward Restoration, p. 276.

References

• Harootunian, Harry D. (1970). Toward Restoration: The Growth of Political Consciousness in Tokugawa Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520015661, ISBN 9780520074033. OCLC 76627.
• Totman, Conrad D. (1980). The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. OCLC 5495030.