Nanbu Nobuoki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1678
Place of Birth: Edo, Japan
Date of Death: 31-Dec-1707
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Nanbu Nobuoki
- Nanbu Nobuoki (????, 6 November 1678 – 31 December 1707) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 5th daimyo of Morioka Domain in northern Japan.
- He was the 31st hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan.
- His courtesy title was Bingo-no-kami, and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.
- Nobuoki was the 3rd son of Nanbu Yukinobu, the 4th daimyo of Morioka Domain.
- He was born in the domain's Azabu residence in Edo.
- As his older brother died young, he became heir on 1 May 1701, and was received in formal audience by shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune on 15 May.
- On 25 July, he wed the daughter of Mori Tsunamoto, daimyo of Chofu Domain and on 18 December received the formal courtesy title of Bingo-no-kami.
- He became daimyo on the death of his father in November 1702.
- On 15 April 1703, he entered Morioka Domain for the first time.
- At this time the domain was suffering from crop failure and immediately after he took office the 1703 Genroku earthquake destroyed the domain's Edo residences.
- As a result, the domain's finances were plunged further into arrears.
- During his short tenure, he was unable to overturn the strong influence of Confucianism introduced by his father into the domain's administration, and died on 31 December 1707 at a relatively young age.On his death, his half-brother Nanbu Toshimoto, was adopted as his heir.
- However, Nobuoki's widow subsequently gave birth to a posthumous son, Nanbu Toshimi, who was later adopted by Nanbu Tomomoto, thus maintaining the direct line of succession.
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