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*''Other Names'': 彪 ''(Takeki)'', 誠之進 ''(Seinoshin)''
*''Japanese'': [[藤田]] 虎之助 ''(Fujita Toranosuke)''
Fujita Toranosuke was a notable [[Mito han]] ''[[karo|karô]]'' (House Elder) of the [[Bakumatsu period]].
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.
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.
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 54, 106, 112, 435, 448, 450, 506.
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