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*''Date: [[1863]]/8/18''
*''Japanese'': 七卿落ち ''(shichi kyou ochi)''

The ''shichi-kyô-ochi'' (lit. "fall of seven nobles") incident was one in which seven court nobles of the anti-[[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] ''[[sonno|sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians!") faction were expelled from [[Kyoto]] after being discovered plotting against the ''[[kobu gattai|kôbu gattai]]'' ("Union of Shogunate & Court").

The seven, namely [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]], [[Sanjo Nishisuetomo|Sanjô Nishisuetomo]], [[Higashikuze Michitomi]], [[Mibu Motonaga]], [[Shijo Takauta|Shijô Takauta]], [[Nishikikoji Yoritomi|Nishikikôji Yoritomi]], and [[Sawa Nobuyoshi]], had previous had their plots defeated by the ''kôbu gattai'' faction on at least one prior occasion. On [[1863]]/8/18, they were banished from the Imperial capital, and made their way to [[Choshu han|Chôshû]]. One of the places they are known to have stopped and stayed along the way was [[Tomo no ura]] (modern-day Fukuyama City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]]).<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 41.</ref>

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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%83%E5%8D%BF%E8%90%BD%E3%81%A1 Shichikyôochi]," ''Digital Daijisen'' デジタル大辞泉, Shôgakukan.
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