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[[File:Godai-tomoatsu.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Statue of Godai in Izumi Park in [[Kagoshima]]]]
*''Born: [[1836]]''
*''Born: [[1836]]''
*''Died: [[1885]]''
*''Died: [[1885]]''
*''Japanese'': [[五代]]友厚 ''(Godai Tomoatsu)''
Godai Tomoatsu was a [[Satsuma han]] retainer prominent in the [[Bakumatsu period]] as an economic/commercial policy advisor, and agent of the domain in overseas agreements and transactions. He was the son of [[Godai Hidetaka]], a Confucian scholar whose advice on foreign relations was influential in domainal policy in the 1840s.
Godai Tomoatsu was a [[Satsuma han]] retainer prominent in the [[Bakumatsu period]] as an economic/commercial policy advisor, and agent of the domain in overseas agreements and transactions. He was the son of [[Godai Hidetaka]], a Confucian scholar whose advice on foreign relations was influential in domainal policy in the 1840s.
==References==
==References==
*Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 200-203.
*Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 200-203.
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