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| * ''Born: [[1827]]'' | | * ''Born: [[1827]]'' |
| * ''Died: [[1872]]'' | | * ''Died: [[1872]]'' |
− | * ''Other Name: Yamauchi Yodo'' | + | * ''Other Names'': 山内 容堂 ''(Yamauchi Youdou)'' |
− | * ''Japanese'': 山内 豊信 | + | * ''Japanese'': [[山内]] 豊信 ''(Yamauchi Toyoshige)'' |
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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 province|Tosa]] was one of the most respected men during the [[Bakumatsu period]]. Although a staunch supporter of the [[Tokugawa clan|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 [[Sakamoto 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.
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| * [[Romulus Hillsborough|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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