Yoshida Toyo
was a Japanese
samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...
from
Tosa domain
The was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Tosa Province in what is now Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It was centered around Kōchi Castle, and was ruled throughout its history by ...
.
Gotō Shōjirō
Count was a Japanese samurai and politician during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period of Japanese history.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Gotō Shōjirō" in He was a leader of which would evolve into a political party.
Early life
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is his nephew-in-law.
In 1853, Toyo was appointed by the head of Tosa domain
Yamanouchi Toyoshige
Yamauchi Toyoshige
, also known as , was a Japanese ''daimyō'' in the Shikoku region in the late Edo period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Yamauchi Toyoshige"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 1045. He was usually referred to as “Lord Yōdō” ...
to reform and modernize the domain.
He was assassinated on 6 May 1862 by three members of a conservative party called
Tosa Kinnoto.
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1816 births
1862 deaths
People from Tosa Domain
Assassinated Japanese people
19th-century Japanese people
