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Iwamura Michitoshi was the third governor of [[Okinawa Prefecture]].

Iwamura Michitoshi was the third governor of [[Okinawa Prefecture]].

He was born in [[Tosa han]], and served as an army officer in the [[Boshin War]], before becoming governor of [[Saga prefecture]]. In [[1877]], as governor of [[Kagoshima prefecture]], he played a prominent role in efforts to suppress the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]; when that rebellion came to an end with the [[battle of Shiroyama]] and the death of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]], Iwamura saw to it that Saigô and many of his men were given proper burials at the Buddhist temple of Jôkômyô-ji, thus marking the foundation of the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].

He was born in [[Tosa han]], and served as an army officer in the [[Boshin War]], before becoming governor of [[Saga prefecture]]. In [[1877]], as governor of [[Kagoshima prefecture]], he played a prominent role in efforts to suppress the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]; when that rebellion came to an end with the [[battle of Shiroyama]] and the death of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]], Iwamura saw to it that Saigô and many of his men were given proper burials at the Buddhist temple of [[Jokomyo-ji (Kagoshima)|Jôkômyô-ji]], thus marking the foundation of the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].

Iwamura later served as head of the [[Board of Audits]], Governor of [[Hokkaido]], and Minister of Agriculture & Commerce, before becoming governor of Okinawa in [[1883]].

Iwamura later served as head of the [[Board of Audits]], Governor of [[Hokkaido]], and Minister of Agriculture & Commerce, before becoming governor of Okinawa in [[1883]].