Nitobe Tsutō was a samurai of Morioka of the late Edo period. He was Martial arts scholar.
Life
Nitobe Tsutō was born on December 9, 1793 at Hanamaki Castle. His another name was Nueta. His father was Koretami. His posthumous name was Tsunezumi. His Go was Taiso. Nanbu Toshitaka's reforms were that there was no death penalty, and even those who committed serious crimes were in prison. As a result, there were significant violence and frequent complaints from the people. One day he met a castle keeper. At that time, he told this castle keeper that he was ready to go on a business trip at any time, and listened loudly where thousands of peasants were in trouble. There was no prospect of being told, and when he continued to push up even if he talked about one thing, he told his opinion that if he cut off two people who moved forward, only a few people would be dispatched. He was never ordered to travel, perhaps because his opinion did not fit the reform plan of the then daimyō Nanbu Toshitaka. After Toshitaka's death in 1820, his father thought it was time and filed a white paper with the Morioka clan, along with several samurais, including Tsutō. However, the white paper was not accepted, and his father was taken up on a semi-land and expelled to Tanabu. When his father was exiled from Morioka Domain, Tsutō also lived with his father. At that time, he decided to make a living as a merchant, went to Morioka to learn commerce, went back to his father's home and started commerce, and went up to Edo at the request of a timber dealer. In 1852, he applied to Morioka Domain for the development of a new rice field in Sanbongi. In 1855, he was appointed Sanbongi Shinden Goyogakari. In 1869, he assumed the post of Daisanji of the Shichinohe Domain. He died on November 9, 1871.
Family
Depending upon the source, Nitobe Tsutō and the entire Nitobe clan are descendants of either the Minamoto clan or the Taira clan. Tsunetane's grandson, took over Nitobe in Shimotsuke Province. Tsunehide continued inheritance with Tsunechika, Yasutane, Tsunesato, Tsunesada 、Sadatsuna, Sadahiro, Hiromori, Tsunemochi Tsunetada, Tsunenobu , and Nobumori from generation to generation. Sadatsuna lived in Nitobe and died in 1309. During the Nanboku-chō period, Sadahiro and his son Hiromori both fought on the Southern Court side. Sadahiro died in 1337. Hiromori died in Shinano in 1351 during the war. Tsunetada and his son Tsunenobu both served Ashikaga Mitsukane and Mochiuji of the Kantō kubō. After Tsunenobu's death, his son Nobumori returned to Nitobe. Nobumori's daughter was Moriyori's wife. As for the inheritor, Nobumori welcomed the clan, Motoyoshi Narizumi's child, Moriyori as an adopted child, and became Nitobe for the first time. Moriyori continued inheritance with Yoritane, Yoshitane, Tanemochi, Yorinaga, Taneshige, and Tokiharu from generation to generation. Tokiharu's third son Tsunetsuna split up and became a Hanamaki Kyūjin. Before Tsunetsuna became Kyūjin, Tsunetsuna served Nanbu Masanao. After Tsunetsuna's death, Tsunetsuna's second son Sadaaki inherited. After Sadaaki, Yoshiaki, Densuke, and Heizo) inherited. After Yoshiaki's death, Yoshiaki's nephew Tsunemochi inherited. After Tsunemochi's death, Tsunemochi's brother Tsunetoki inherited. After Tsunetoki, Tsuneyoshi inherited. Tsuneyoshi was Tsutō's grandfather. Tsuneyoshi married Tsutō's grandmother Oei. Tsuneyoshi Died in 1803. Tsutō's father was Koretami. Nitobe Tsutō's sons were Tsunenori and Ōta Tokitoshi. Tsutō's grandsons were Shichirō and Inanosuke.
