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Etō Shimpei

Japanese statesman
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Born:
March 18, 1834, Hizen province, Japan
Died:
April 13, 1874, Saga prefecture, Kyushu (aged 40)
Political Affiliation:
Aikoku Kōtō

Etō Shimpei (born March 18, 1834, Hizen province, Japan—died April 13, 1874, Saga prefecture, Kyushu) was a statesman who played a leading role in the Meiji Restoration (the 1868 return of power to the emperor and overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate). Although Etō was not a native of Chōshū or of Satsuma, the two feudal fiefs that played the leading role in the Meiji Restoration, he was responsible for the support given the imperial forces by troops from his native domain of Saga. After the 1868 coup he became an important member of the new government and was partially responsible ...(100 of 245 words)

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