Nagai Naoyuki

Nagai Naoyuki
Nagai Naoyuki
Born(1816-12-21)December 21, 1816
DiedJuly 1, 1896(1896-07-01) (aged 79)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesNagai Genba, Nagai Mondonoshō

Nagai Naoyuki (永井 尚志, December 21, 1816 – July 1, 1896), also known as Nagai Genba (永井 玄蕃) or Nagai Mondonoshō (永井 主水正), was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan.

His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima" (Naoki Inose, Hiroaki Sato) (Stone Bridge Pr 2012)
  2. ^ ”Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.42-Biographical sketch and Bibliography” (published by Shinchosha, 2005). Japanese title "決定版 三島由紀夫全集・第42巻・年譜・書誌" (Ketteiban Mishima Yukio Zenshu Dai42kan Nenpu・Shoshi) (新潮社、2005年) p.9
  3. ^ "Yukio Mishima-The locus of his literature" (Tomoko Etsugu) (published by Kōronsha, 1983). Japanese title "三島由紀夫 文学の軌跡" (Mishima Yukio Bungaku no kiseki) (広論社、1983年) pp.101-107, pp.232-233