page_title: Ōgaki Domain
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ōgaki Domain / History
caption_attribution_description: Personal invitation to a meeting with the emperor Meiji. The letter says: Respected "Major" Ernesto Burzagli, On occasion of your imminent return (to Italy), please come and give your greetings/respect to the Emperor, passing by the Foreign Minister, on the coming 12th day (i.e. of March) at 10.30am. Dated March 6th 1906 and signed by Ujitaka Toda At the end of the letter there are directions for him to follow
context_page_description: The Ōgaki Domain was a Japanese domain during the Edo period, located in Mino Province.
context_section_description: Historically, the Ōgaki area had been a highly important point of transit from Mino Province to Ōmi Province; it was vital to Saitō Dōsan and later to Oda Nobunaga. In the Edo period, the domain changed hands several times before it was given to the Toda clan, who held it until the Meiji Restoration.
  The Ōgaki Domain took part in the Boshin War, first on the side of the Shogunate, and then as one of the components of the imperial army which was at the forefront of the offensive against Aizu and the northern domains.
  In the Meiji period, the Toda family of Ōgaki received the rank of viscount (伯爵 hakushaku) in the new kazoku nobility.
caption: Letter on Imperial stationery, signed by Toda Ujitaka, extending an invitation for Italian naval attaché Ernesto Burzagli to come to a reception attended by Emperor Meiji at the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War (1906).
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