Chō Tsurahide
Template:Japanese name Chō Tsurahide (長 連豪, 1856 – July 27, 1878) was a samurai from Ishikawa Prefecture who was instrumental in the assassination of Ōkubo Toshimichi.[1]
After Saigō Takamori began his uprising in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1877, Chō was among the first of the Kaga Domain (Kanazawa) figures to enact anti-Meiji plans.[2] He traveled twice to Kagoshima Prefecture to meet Saigō.[1]
References
- ^ a b Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World. Columbia University Press, 2005. 291. Retrieved on August 27, 2009.
- ^ Baxter, James C. The Meiji Unification through the Lens of Ishikawa Prefecture, Volume 165 of Harvard East Asian Monographs. Harvard University Asia Center, 1994. 149. Retrieved on August 27, 2009.
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