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*''Born: [[1843]]''
*''Died: [[1870]]/7''
*''Japanese'': [[横山]]安武 ''(Yokoyama Yasutake)''
Yokoyama Yasutake was the older brother of [[Mori Arinori]], and is known for his suicide, committed in protest against the corruption he perceived within the [[Meiji government]]. Compiling a ten-article statement accusing many government ministers of thinking selfishly, for their own personal benefits rather than in the interests of the benefit of the nation, Yokoyama held a copy of his statement in his hands as he killed himself outside the gates to the [[National Diet]] House of Representatives on a day in the seventh month, [[1870]].
The Meiji government, in an unprecedented response, sent condolence money to the prefectural government of [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]] (Yokoyama's home prefecture). A stele dedicated as a monument to Yokoyama was erected by [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] at the [[Shimazu clan]] cemetery at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]] City.
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==References==
*Plaque on-site at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]], Kagoshima.
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*''Died: [[1870]]/7''
*''Japanese'': [[横山]]安武 ''(Yokoyama Yasutake)''
Yokoyama Yasutake was the older brother of [[Mori Arinori]], and is known for his suicide, committed in protest against the corruption he perceived within the [[Meiji government]]. Compiling a ten-article statement accusing many government ministers of thinking selfishly, for their own personal benefits rather than in the interests of the benefit of the nation, Yokoyama held a copy of his statement in his hands as he killed himself outside the gates to the [[National Diet]] House of Representatives on a day in the seventh month, [[1870]].
The Meiji government, in an unprecedented response, sent condolence money to the prefectural government of [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]] (Yokoyama's home prefecture). A stele dedicated as a monument to Yokoyama was erected by [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] at the [[Shimazu clan]] cemetery at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]] City.
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==References==
*Plaque on-site at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]], Kagoshima.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
