Yamanouchi Toyoshige

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Yamanouchi.

Yamanouchi Toyoshige (山内 豊信, Yamanouchi Toyoshige^? 1827 - 72) was a prominent daimyo in Japan during the late Edo period. He is also known by his gō "Yōdō" (容堂, "Yōdō"^?). His surname is also sometimes read "Yamauchi". 15th head of the Tosa Domain of the Shikoku region, he conduced reforms along with Yoshida Toyo. At the Ansei Purge he was put on probation and later retirement. In 1862 he was appointed sanyo (参与, sanyo^?). In 1867 he advised Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu to carry out Taisei Houkan (the return of power to the Emperor).

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