Godai Tomoatsu was a [[Satsuma han]] retainer prominent in the [[Bakumatsu period]] as an economic/commercial policy advisor, and agent of the domain in overseas agreements and transactions. He was the son of [[Godai Hidetaka]], a Confucian scholar whose advice on foreign relations was influential in domainal policy in the 1840s. | Godai Tomoatsu was a [[Satsuma han]] retainer prominent in the [[Bakumatsu period]] as an economic/commercial policy advisor, and agent of the domain in overseas agreements and transactions. He was the son of [[Godai Hidetaka]], a Confucian scholar whose advice on foreign relations was influential in domainal policy in the 1840s. |