Kishiwada Domain (2/2)Ruled southern Osaka and oversaw Kishu.

After that, Hiroshi Okaka moved to Tokyo and enrolled in Keio Gijuku, which was founded by Yukichi Fukuzawa in 1888.He caught the eye of Yukichi Fukuzawa and went to the United States.

Afterwards, he became a Christian and studied at Yale University's Sheffield School of Science, but dropped out. After returning to Japan, he went to England in 1898 to study at Cambridge University and visited various countries in Europe, before returning to Japan in 1889. To do.
Afterwards, he held important positions such as working at the British legation, and then became governor of Tokyo Prefecture.

In his later years, he served as a close aide to Emperor Taisho, making him a rare daimyo who was very active in the Meiji era.
His third son, Nagakyo Murayama, became the president of Asahi Shimbun after being adopted by the Murayama family.

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Until the Tenmei famine, the Kishiwada domain was relatively prosperous and was not hit by any major disasters.
Also, even after the finances were in decline, a capable feudal lord appeared and succeeded in rebuilding the domain.
The last lord of the domain, Nagatoki Oka, only served as lord for one year, after which he studied abroad in the United States and Britain, and held important positions in the country.
The Okabe family intermarried with the Iwasaki family, the founders of Mitsubishi, and their descendants are still active today.