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* ''Japanese'': 後藤 象二郎 ''(Gotou Shoujirou)''

* ''Japanese'': 後藤 象二郎 ''(Gotou Shoujirou)''

A [[Tosa province|Tosa]] samurai who became in essence, "prime minister" of the Tosa government and hence, the principal advisor to [[Yamauchi Yodo]]. After becoming acquainted with [[Sakamoto Ryoma]] in [[Nagasaki]], Goto began to work with Ryoma to work for the peaceful abdication of the [[Shogun]] and return of power to the Imperial Throne. Goto was the one who submitted Sakamoto’s [[Eight Point Plan]] to Yodo for submission to the reigning Shogun, [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], who resigned his post in [[1867]].

Gotô later became a prominent figure in the [[Freedom and People's Rights Movement]] (''Jiyû minken undô''), and was one of the signatories to a memorial submitted to the government in January [[1874]] pushing for the establishment of a popularly-elected assembly.<ref>David Lu, ''Japan: A Documentary History'', ME Sharpe (1997), 327-329.</ref> He was granted the title of ''hakushaku'' ("Count") in the new ''[[kazoku]]'' aristocracy.

 

A stone marker stands today at the former site of his home and [[soy sauce]] shop near Sanjô-Kawaramachi in Kyoto.

==References==

==References==

*Hillsborough, Romulus. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999

* [[Romulus Hillsborough|Hillsborough, Romulus]]. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999

*Jansen, Marius B. ''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration''. Columbia University Press, 1994.

*Jansen, Marius B. ''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration''. Columbia University Press, 1994.

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