Ii, Naosuke, 1815-1860 Assassination
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q46603
Library of congress:
sh 97005927
Sources of Information
- Matsunobe, S. Sakurada gikyo to sono ito, 1939.
- Kodansha encyc. Japan:
- Kokushi daijiten:
- Iwasaki, H. Sakurada gikyo roku, 1911.
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Wikipedia description:
The Sakuradamon Incident (桜田門外の変, Sakuradamon-gai no Hen, or 桜田門の変 Sakuradamon no Hen) was the assassination of Ii Naosuke, Chief Minister (Tairō) of the Tokugawa shogunate, on March 24, 1860 by rōnin samurai of the Mito Domain and Satsuma Domain, outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.
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