Narahara Shigeru
Narahara Shigeru 奈良原 繁 | |
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| Governor of Okinawa Prefecture | |
| In office 20 July 1892 – 6 April 1908 | |
| Preceded by | Maruoka Kanji |
| Succeeded by | Hibi Kimei |
| Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture | |
| In office 15 December 1883 – 27 September 1884 | |
| Preceded by | Ōsako Sadakiyo |
| Succeeded by | Takayoshi Sekiguchi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1834 Satsuma Province, Japan |
| Died | 13 August 1918 (aged 84) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Politician |
Baron Narahara Shigeru (奈良原 繁; 1834–1918), also known as Narahara Kogorō, was a Japanese politician of the Meiji period who served as the eighth governor of Okinawa Prefecture from 1892 to 1908, and in a number of other posts over the course of his career.
A samurai of Satsuma Domain prior to the Meiji Restoration, he played a role in opposing radical elements among his fellows, though he may also have been responsible for the killing of the Englishman Richardson in the 1862 Namamugi Incident, which led to the bombardment of Kagoshima and proved damaging to the Tokugawa shogunate.