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| *''Died: [[1862]]'' | | *''Died: [[1862]]'' |
| * ''Other Name: Yoshida Genkichi'' | | * ''Other Name: Yoshida Genkichi'' |
− | * ''Japanese'': 吉田 東洋 ''(Yoshida Touyou)'' | + | * ''Japanese'': [[吉田]] 東洋 ''(Yoshida Touyou)'' |
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− | Yoshida was [[Tosa province|Tosa]] daimyo [[Yamauchi Yodo|Yamauchi Yodo’s]] most trusted and reformed-minded minister and was quite influential on other upcoming Tosa leaders such as [[Goto Shojiro]] and [[Itagaki Taisuke]]. By remaining loyal to the [[Tokugawa Bakufu|Bakufu]], Yoshida drew the wrath of [[Takechi Zuizan]] and his Tosa Loyalist Party, and as a result, was assassinated on his way home from [[Kochi castle]]. | + | Yoshida Tôyô was a [[Tosa han]] retainer, and for a time lord of Tosa [[Yamauchi Yodo|Yamauchi Yôdô’s]] most trusted and reformed-minded minister. Assigned in [[1853]] to help oversee reforms in domain governance at [[Tosa Edo mansion|the domain's Edo mansion]], he had a notable influence on other upcoming Tosa leaders such as [[Goto Shojiro|Gôtô Shôjirô]] and [[Itagaki Taisuke]]. On or around [[1854]]/6/11, however, he was recalled from [[Edo]], had his [[stipend]] reduced, and was sentenced to house confinement for a time.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 612.</ref> |
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| + | By remaining loyal to the [[Tokugawa Bakufu|Bakufu]], Yoshida drew the wrath of [[Takechi Zuizan]] and his [[Tosa Loyalist Party]], and as a result, was assassinated on [[1862]]/4/8 while on his way home from [[Kochi castle|Kôchi castle]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 4 (1937), 42.</ref> |
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| ==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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