Nabeshima Naotada

Nabeshima Naotada (鍋島 直紀, June 30, 1826 – February 23, 1891) was the 9th and final daimyō of Hasunoike Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan (modern-day Saga Prefecture).

In 1864, he was ordered to participate in the First Chōshū expedition, and contributed 1000 soldiers to the Tokugawa army.

During the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, he switched sides to the Satchō Alliance and dispatched Hasunoike’s forces under the command of his younger brother, Ishii Tadami, against the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei at Akita in support of Emperor Meiji.

In 1869, he was appointed "domain governor" as the title of daimyō was abolished, and with the abolition of the han system and subsequent merger of Hasunoike into the new Saga Prefecture in 1871, he moved to Tokyo.

In April 1885, he was granted the courtesy title of senior 5th rank (shō go i, 正五位).