KEIGHTLEY, Ttrolus (1789-1872).
An Irish author, born in County Kildare. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin; settled in London in 1S24, and devoted himself to lit erary work. Among his numerous publications are: Fairy Mythology (1S28; Bohn's Library, IS50) ; Tales and Popular Fictions (1834) ; My thology of .1 ncicnt Greece and Italy (1831) ; :Votes on the Bueolies and Georgics of Virgil (1846) Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton. ( 1S55) ; Shakespeare Exposition (1867); The Crusaders (1S34): and Secret Societies of the Middle Ages (1S37)• KEIKI, I:5'kt% or ITOTSUBASTII, Sh1 ots1):1S1PI. ( 1837-1 902 ) . A Japanese statesman, Shogun of Japan, and 'the last of the Tycoons.' He was the seventh son of the famous Nariaki. Daimio of Tito and chief of the party opposed to foreign intercourse when the Townsend Harris Treaty of ISIS forced this issue upon the Yedo Government and the daimios. In his eleventh year KC-iki was adopted into the feudal House of Eitotsubashi in Yedo. and at fifteen took the name of Yoshinobu, or, as the Chinese characters representing the name are pronounced, When the childless Shogun Iyesada was looking about for an heir, the candidacy of KCAki was urged by his father and a large following of the daimios, because of his abilities. popularity, and nearness of relationship to the Tokugawa (q.v.) or shogunal family, and because through him they hoped to keep Japan isolated from foreign contact, and thus uphold the dignity and sacred ness of the land, but the Premier Ii (q.v.) ap pointed of the House of Kii ; hut after the assassination of li. was appointed the young Shogun's guardian. He arrived in Kinto
March I. 1863, being expected to lead an army to expel the foreigners from the country, the Emperor also making him chief guardian of his own person. at a time when the Choshiu clans men were about to attack the city and carry oft flee I?eiki avoided factions and en deavored to steer his way clear amid multiply ing complications. lle summoned the daineios to a deleberative assembly in Biota to consider the situation. \\hen the Shogun lyeenochi died of kaleke. August 8, ISfifi. the Court conferred upon 1:leiki the headship of the Tokugawa fam ily. One of the most notable events Of the new was the repeal of the old ordinance forbid ding. Japanese to leave the country. On the 9th of November, 1867, he resigned the office of Sho gun, a post he had been very unwilling to ac cept, but leaving pinto January 3. 1868, after the coup d'iltat (January 3. 1868) which changed the whole system of administration, placed a new Government in power, subject to the Alikado only, lee was later recalled from Osaka by the ,)Mikado and the new- Government, who assured pine of their friendship. \Ville his army lee set out on January 27th, but his troops were defeated at Fushinii. fled to Yedo. first. notifying the foreign ministers then in Osaka that he was no longer able to give them any proteetion. Arrived at Yedo, he decided to submit to the Slikado, and requested his supporters to do the sailed. His submission was neeepted, pardon was granted, and lee retired. to Shidzuoka. Ills private name was Ichido.