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Matsudaira KatamoriMatsudaira Katamori

The 9th and effectively last lord of Aizu domain. As Kyoto Shugoshoku, the shogunate's military governor of Kyoto, he oversaw the Shinsengumi and cracked down on anti-shogunate radicals, but the Boshin War ended with him surrendering Tsuruga Castle after the Siege of Aizu. In his later years he served as chief priest of Nikko Toshogu Shrine.

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