amounts of land elsewhere, thereby consolidating Tokugawa control over these strategically vital areas. However, this was also greatly unpopular amongst daimyō of all ranks and income levels. The general failure of the Reforms caused Tadakuni to lose favor. To complicate his situation future, in May 1844, Edo Castle burned down. On February 22, 1845, he was relieved of his position in the government, and on September 2, 1845, he was exiled to Yamagata Domain in Dewa Province, where he remained in exile until his death. He died on March 12, 1851, five days before word of his release from exile would have reached him. He was succeeded by his son Mizuno Tadakiyo, who was also an important figure in the late Tokugawa shogunate. Mizuno Tadakuni was married to a daughter of Sakai Tadayuki, a wakadoshiyori and daimyō of Obama Domain. Depiction in popular culture Mizuno is a recurring, sometimes major, character in the Nemuri Kyōshirō films, TV series and TV specials, where he is Chief Elder of the Rōjū. Notes References Bolitho, Harold. (1974). Treasures among Men. New Haven: Yale University Press. Satoh, Henry (1908). Lord Hotta, the Pioneer Diplomat of Japan. Tokyo: Hakubunkan. -- (1891). Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. n.p. Papinot, Edmond. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003) Yamamura, Kōzō. (1997). The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia. |- |- |- 1794 births 1851 deaths Rōjū Fudai daimyo Kyoto Shoshidai Osaka jōdai Mizuno clan