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=Yamauchi Toyoshige=
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* ''Born: [[1827]]''
*''Born: [[1827]]''
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* ''Died: [[1872]]''
*''Died: [[1872]]''
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* ''Other Names'': 山内 容堂 ''(Yamauchi Youdou)''
*Other Name: Yamauchi Yodo
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* ''Japanese'': [[山内]] 豊信 ''(Yamauchi Toyoshige)''
*Japanese: 山内豊信
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Yamauchi Toyoshige (Yôdô) was lord of [[Tosa han]] from [[1849]] to [[1859]], and was a prominent and influential figure in [[Bakumatsu]] politics.
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Although a staunch supporter of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], Yôdô later shifted his allegiance to the [[sonno|restoration of Imperial Rule]]. Although forced into retirement in [[1859]] during the [[Ansei Purge]], Yôdô still managed to control ''[[han]]'' politics for a time, before retiring more completely from politics sometime prior to his death in [[1872]]. Although he never met [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]], it was Yôdô who passed on Ryôma's memorial to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], urging the shogun to resign peacefully and cede political control back to the throne, which he did.
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His elder sister Maki 真喜 married [[Rokujo Ariosa|Rokujô Ariosa]] in [[1855]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 43.</ref>
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Yôdô retired in [[1859]] in favor of [[Yamauchi Toyonori]], fourth son of a relative, [[Yamauchi Toyosuke]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 143.</ref>
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This hard-drinking Lord of Tosa was one of the most respected men during the Bakumatsu period. Although a staunch supporter of the Tokugawa, Yodo read the times correctly and shifted his allegiance to the restoration of Imperial Rule. Although forced into retirement in 1859 during the Ansei Purge, Yodo still managed to control Han politics until he retired completely from politics and fettered away his remaining days drinking heavily until his death in 1872. Although he never met Ryoma, it was Yodo who passed on Ryoma’s memorial to Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu, urging the Shogun to resign peacefully and cede political control back to the throne, which he did.
      
==References==
 
==References==
*Hillsborough, Romulus. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999
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* [[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.
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* Jansen, Marius B. ''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration''. Columbia University Press, 1994.
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