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Ôshima Tomonojô was a prominent [[Tsushima han]] retainer in the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, who worked closely with [[Kido Takayoshi]] to press for taking steps to better defend Tsushima, and by extension the realm, from Western incursions. He is known for his arguments for the invasion of Korea in the early 1860s, both in order to protect Japan from the possibility of Korea falling into Western hands, and in order to benefit Tsushima or Japan economically; he also argued that such an invasion would liberate the Korean people from an unjust and repressive royal government.

Ôshima Tomonojô was a prominent [[Tsushima han]] retainer in the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, who worked closely with [[Kido Takayoshi]] to press for taking steps to better defend Tsushima, and by extension the realm, from Western incursions. He is known for his arguments for the invasion of Korea in the early 1860s, both in order to protect Japan from the possibility of Korea falling into Western hands, and in order to benefit Tsushima or Japan economically; he also argued that such an invasion would liberate the Korean people from an unjust and repressive royal government.