Nabeshima Motoshige

Nabeshima Motoshige (鍋島 元茂, Nabeshima Motoshige; November 24, 1602 – December 19, 1654) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo Period, who ruled the Ogi Domain.^[1]

Nabeshima Motoshige
鍋島元茂
1st Lord of Ogi
In office 1642–1654
Succeeded by	Nabeshima Naoyoshi
Personal details
Born	November 24, 1602
Died	December 19, 1654(1654-12-19) (aged 52)
Nationality	Japanese
Parent	Nabeshima Katsushige (father)
Relatives	Nabeshima Mitsushige (nephew) Nabeshima Tadanao (half-brother)
Military service
Battles/wars	Shimabara Rebellion

He was the eldest son of Nabeshima Katsushige, the first lord of Saga Domain.^[1] Although he was the eldest son of Nabeshima clan, he was displaced in the line of succession for Saga Domain by his younger half-brother, Tadanao, whose mother was a daughter of shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, while his mother was a peasant woman named Oiwa. When his brother died, the office was succeeded by his nephew Mitsushige. He was a wise advisor to the third Tokugawa shogun Iemitsu and served as a chief retainer to Lord Nabeshima of Hizen.^[2]

In 1642, Ogi Domain was founded and Motoshige became its first daimyō.

He died in the third year of Jōō (1654), and his son, Naoyoshi, succeeded him.