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*''Died: [[1855]]/10/2''
*''Other Names'': 彪 ''(Takeki)'', 誠之進 ''(Seinoshin)''
*''Other Names'': 彪 ''(Takeki)'', 誠之進 ''(Seinoshin)''
*''Japanese'': [[藤田]] 虎之助 ''(Fujita Toranosuke)''
*''Japanese'': [[藤田]] 虎之助 ''(Fujita Toranosuke)''
He was placed under house arrest by the shogunate along with former lord of Mito [[Tokugawa Nariaki]] and fellow ''karô'' [[Toda Ginjiro|Toda Ginjirô]]; Toda and Fujita were released, however, on [[1846]]/12/28, while Nariaki remained confined for a time. Fujita then joined a number of other Mito retainers in actively pushing for Nariaki's exoneration and release.
He was placed under house arrest by the shogunate along with former lord of Mito [[Tokugawa Nariaki]] and fellow ''karô'' [[Toda Ginjiro|Toda Ginjirô]]; Toda and Fujita were released, however, on [[1846]]/12/28, while Nariaki remained confined for a time. Fujita then joined a number of other Mito retainers in actively pushing for Nariaki's exoneration and release.
By [[1853]], Toda and Fujita were actively engaged in petitioning the shogunate to allow for Nariaki's involvement in discussions or policy decisions regarding foreign relations and coastal defense; they were eventually successful, and Nariaki was formally brought into policy discussions.
By [[1853]], following Nariaki's eventual release, Toda and Fujita were actively engaged in petitioning the shogunate to allow for Nariaki's involvement in discussions or policy decisions regarding foreign relations and coastal defense; they were eventually successful, and Nariaki was formally brought into policy discussions.
In [[1854]], Fujita was invited alongside [[Hagura Geki]] and [[Shionoya Kozo|Shionoya Kôzô]] to the [[daimyo yashiki|Edo mansion]] of [[Yamauchi Toyoshige]] to discuss current affairs.
Fujita died on [[1855]]/10/2 as the [[Mito Edo mansion|Mito domain mansion at Koishikawa]] collapsed in the [[Ansei Earthquake]]. He was posthumously elevated to the Senior Fourth Rank.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 127.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 54, 106, 112, 435, 448, 450, 506.
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 54, 106, 112, 435, 448, 450, 506, 639.
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