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Chōshū Domain

Index Chōshū Domain

The was a feudal domain of Japan during the Edo period (1603–1867). [1]

98 relations: Aizu, Aki Province, Aoki Shūzō, Arichi Shinanojō, Arisaka, Arisaka Nariakira, Ōmura Masujirō, Ōshima Yoshimasa, Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, Bakumatsu, Battle of Sekigahara, Boshin War, Chōfu Domain, Chōshū Five, Chūgoku region, Daimyō, Demesne, Edo period, Endō Kinsuke, First Chōshū expedition, First Sino-Japanese War, Governor-General of Taiwan, Hagi, Yamaguchi, Han system, Home Ministry, Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Japanese Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, Inoue Kaoru, Inoue Kenkabō, Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat), Ishida Mitsunari, Itō Hirobumi, Iwakuni Domain, Japan, Japanese Resident-General of Korea, Jardine Matheson, Karō, Katsura Tarō, Kido Takayoshi, Kiheitai, Kijima Matabee, Kikkawa Hiroie, Kinmon incident, Kiyosue Domain, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Kodama Gentarō, Koku, Kugyō, Kunishi Shinano, ..., List of Han, Mōri clan, Mōri Hidemoto, Mōri Hidenari, Mōri Motonari, Mōri Takachika, Mōri Terumoto, Meiji period, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan), Minister of Communications (South Africa), Miura Gorō, Murata Seifū, Nagasaki, Nagato Province, Nashiba Tokioki, National Museum of Japanese History, Nogi Maresuke, Oka Ichinosuke, Republic of Ezo, Russo-Japanese War, Sakuma Samata, Satchō Alliance, Satsuma Domain, Second Chōshū expedition, Sengoku period, Senryū, Shinagawa Yajirō, Sone Arasuke, Taishō period, Takasugi Shinsaku, Tanaka Giichi, Tenpō Reforms, Terauchi Masatake, Thomas Blake Glover, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokuyama Domain, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tozama daimyō, Tsuboi Kōzō, University of Strathclyde, University of Tokyo, Yamagata Aritomo, Yamagata Isaburō, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamao Yōzō, Yoshida Shōin, Yoshisuke Aikawa, 1865. Expand index (48 more) »

Aizu

is the westernmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the other two regions being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Hamadōri in the east.

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Aki Province

or Geishū (芸州) was a province in the Chūgoku Region of western Honshū, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Aoki Shūzō

was a diplomat and Foreign Minister in Meiji period Japan.

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Arichi Shinanojō

Baron was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, and served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff in the late 19th century.

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Arisaka

The Arisaka rifle (有坂銃 Arisaka-jū) is a family of Japanese military bolt-action service rifles, in production and use since approximately 1897, when it replaced the Murata rifle (村田銃 Murata-jū) family, until the end of World War II in 1945.

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Arisaka Nariakira

Baron was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and as the inventor of the Arisaka Rifle, is regarded as one of the leading arms designers in Japanese history, alongside Kijiro Nambu.

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Ōmura Masujirō

was a Japanese military leader and theorist in Bakumatsu period Japan.

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Ōshima Yoshimasa

Viscount was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War.

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Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei

The was a Japanese military-political coalition established and disestablished over the course of several months in early to mid-1868 during the Boshin War.

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Bakumatsu

refers to the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended.

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Battle of Sekigahara

The was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month), that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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Boshin War

The, sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution, was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court.

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Chōfu Domain

The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Nagato Province (modern-day Yamaguchi Prefecture).

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Chōshū Five

The were members of the Chōshū han of western Japan who travelled to England in 1863 to study at University College London.

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Chūgoku region

The, also known as the, is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest island of Japan.

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Daimyō

The were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

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Demesne

In the feudal system, the demesne was all the land which was retained by a lord of the manor for his own use and support, under his own management, as distinguished from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants.

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Edo period

The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.

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Endō Kinsuke

was a Japanese statesman in the early Meiji period.

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First Chōshū expedition

The First Chōshū expedition (Japanese:第一次長州征討) was a punitive military expedition led by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Chōshū Domain in retaliation for the attack of Chōshū on the Imperial Palace in the Kinmon incident.

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First Sino-Japanese War

The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was fought between Qing dynasty of China and Empire of Japan, primarily for influence over Joseon.

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Governor-General of Taiwan

The was the head of government of Japanese Taiwan (including Formosa and the Pescadores) when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.

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Hagi, Yamaguchi

is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, which was incorporated on July 1, 1932.

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Han system

The or domain is the Japanese historical term for the estate of a warrior after the 12th century or of a daimyō in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912).

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Home Ministry

The was a Cabinet-level ministry established under the Meiji Constitution that managed the internal affairs of Empire of Japan from 1873 to 1947.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, "Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's defeat and surrender in World War II.

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Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff

The was the highest organ within the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Inoue Kaoru

, GCMG was a Japanese politician and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy during the Meiji period of the Empire of Japan.

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Inoue Kenkabō

was the pen-name of a journalist and writer of senryū (short, humorous verse) in late Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.

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Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat)

Viscount was the first Director of Railways in Japan and is known as the "father of the Japanese railways".

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Ishida Mitsunari

Ishida Mitsunari (石田 三成, 1559 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan.

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Itō Hirobumi

Prince was a Japanese statesman and genrō.

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Iwakuni Domain

The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Suō Province (the south of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture).

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese Resident-General of Korea

When Korea was a protectorate of the Empire of Japan, Japan was represented by the Resident-General.

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Jardine Matheson

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited, also known as Jardines, is a British conglomerate incorporated in Bermuda, with its primary listing on the Singapore Exchange.

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Karō

were top-ranking samurai officials and advisors in service to the daimyōs of feudal Japan.

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Katsura Tarō

Prince was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician and the longest serving Prime Minister of Japan, having served three terms.

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Kido Takayoshi

(born; August 11, 1833 – May 26, 1877), also referred to as, was a Japanese statesman of the Meiji Restoration.

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Kiheitai

The was a volunteer militia raised by Takasugi Shinsaku of the Chōshū domain during the Bakumatsu period of Japan.

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Kijima Matabee

, also known as Masahisa (政久), was a Japanese samurai who served as a retainer to Lord Mōri of Chōshū.

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Kikkawa Hiroie

(December 7, 1561 – October 22, 1625) was a Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period.

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Kinmon incident

The, also known as the, was a rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate that took place on August 20, 1864, at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

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Kiyosue Domain

The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Nagato Province.

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Kobayakawa Hideaki

(1577 – December 1, 1602) was the fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

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Kodama Gentarō

Viscount was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and government minister during Meiji period Japan.

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Koku

The is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku.

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Kugyō

is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras.

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Kunishi Shinano

was a Japanese samurai in the service of the daimyō Mōri Takachika of Chōshū as a senior retainer.

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List of Han

The List of Han or domains in the Tokugawa period (1603 – 1868) was changed from time to time during the Edo period.

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Mōri clan

The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto.

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Mōri Hidemoto

was a senior retainer of the Toyotomi clan throughout the latter Sengoku period of feudal Japan.

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Mōri Hidenari

was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who ruled the Chōshū Domain.

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Mōri Motonari

was a prominent daimyō (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.

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Mōri Takachika

was the 13th daimyō of Chōshū Domain.

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Mōri Terumoto

Mōri Terumoto (毛利 輝元, January 22, 1553 – June 2, 1625) was a Japanese daimyō.

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Meiji period

The, also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)

The of Japan is the Cabinet member responsible for Japanese foreign policy and the chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Minister of Communications (South Africa)

The Minister of Communications (formerly Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting) is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, who between 1994 and 2014 was responsible for overseeing the Department of Communications.

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Miura Gorō

Viscount was a lieutenant general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.

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Murata Seifū

was a Japanese Samurai, Karō of Chōshū Domain and a prominent economic reformer of the Edo period.

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Nagasaki

() is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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Nagato Province

, often called, was a province of Japan.

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Nashiba Tokioki

Baron was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for his role in the battleship naval disaster of 1904.

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National Museum of Japanese History

The, commonly known in Japanese as Rekihaku, is a history museum in Sakura, Chiba, Japan.

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Nogi Maresuke

Count, also known as Kiten, Count Nogi (25 December 1849 – 13 September 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan.

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Oka Ichinosuke

Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Minister of War during World War I.

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Republic of Ezo

The was a short-lived state established in 1869 by a part of the former Tokugawa military in what is now known as Hokkaido, the large but sparsely populated northernmost island in modern Japan.

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Russo-Japanese War

The Russo–Japanese War (Russko-yaponskaya voina; Nichirosensō; 1904–05) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.

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Sakuma Samata

General Count was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and 5th Governor-General of Taiwan from 11 April 1906 to May 1915.

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Satchō Alliance

The, or Satchō Alliance was a military alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū formed in 1866 to combine their efforts to restore Imperial rule and overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.

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Satsuma Domain

, also known as Kagoshima Domain, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.

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Second Chōshū expedition

The Second Chōshū expedition (Japanese: 第二次長州征討), also called the Summer War, was a punitive expedition led by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Chōshū Domain.

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Sengoku period

The is a period in Japanese history marked by social upheaval, political intrigue and near-constant military conflict.

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Senryū

is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 morae (or "on", often translated as syllables, but see the article on onji for distinctions).

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Shinagawa Yajirō

Viscount was a Chōshū Domain samurai, who became Home Minister in early Meiji period Japan.

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Sone Arasuke

Viscount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, cabinet minister, and second Japanese Resident-General of Korea.

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Taishō period

The, or Taishō era, is a period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912, to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Emperor Taishō.

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Takasugi Shinsaku

was a samurai from the Chōshū Domain of Japan who contributed significantly to the Meiji Restoration.

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Tanaka Giichi

Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician, and the 26th Prime Minister of Japan from 20 April 1927 to 2 July 1929.

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Tenpō Reforms

The were an array of economic policies introduced in 1842 by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan.

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Terauchi Masatake

Gensui Count, GCB (5 February 1852 – 3 November 1919), was a Japanese military officer, proconsul and politician.

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Thomas Blake Glover

Thomas Blake Glover (6 June 1838 – 16 December 1911) was a Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which effectively ruled Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

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Tokuyama Domain

The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Suo Province (modern-day Shūnan, Yamaguchi).

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a preeminent daimyō, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier".

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Tozama daimyō

A was a daimyō who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan.

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Tsuboi Kōzō

Baron was an admiral of the early modern Imperial Japanese Navy, known primarily for his role in the First Sino-Japanese War.

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University of Strathclyde

The University of Strathclyde is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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Yamagata Aritomo

Prince, also known as Yamagata Kyōsuke, was a Japanese field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and twice Prime Minister of Japan.

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Yamagata Isaburō

Prince was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister, and Japanese Inspector-General of Korea.

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Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.

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Yamao Yōzō

Viscount was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became an influential member of the Meiji era government of Japan.

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Yoshida Shōin

, commonly named Torajirō (寅次郎), was one of Japan's most distinguished intellectuals in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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Yoshisuke Aikawa

was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first president of the Nissan zaibatsu between 1931 and 1945.

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1865

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chōshū_Domain

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