Yoshida Tōyō

Yoshida Toyo.

Yoshida Tōyō (吉田東洋, 1816 – 5, May, 1862) was a Japanese samurai from Tosa domain. Gotō Shōjirō is his nephew-in-law.

In 1853, Toyo was appointed by the head of Tosa domain Yamanouchi Toyoshige to reform and modernize the domain.

He was assassinated on 6, May, 1862 by three members of a conservative party called Tosa Kinnoto.

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