Ansei Purge
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The Ansei Purge was a multi-year event during the Bakumatsu period of Japanese history, between 1858 and 1860, during which the Tokugawa shogunate imprisoned, executed, or exiled those who did not sup
Edo Castle's Sakurada Gate (Sakurada-mon): The assassination of Ii Naosuke occurred nearby.
Sakuradamon Incident (1860)
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The Sakuradamon Incident was the assassination of Ii Naosuke, Chief Minister of the Tokugawa shogunate, on March 24, 1860 by rōnin samurai of the Mito and Satsuma Domains, outside the Sakurada Gate of
Ansei Purge
…continuing. March 24, 1860 (Ansei 7, 3rd day of the 3rd month): Ii Naosuke was assassinated at the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle. This is also known as the "Sakurada-mon Incident" Kusunoki Sei'ichirō (1991). Nihon shi omoshiro suiri: Nazo no satsujin jiken wo oe. Tokyo: Futami bunko…
Sakuradamon incident. Detail from print
In 1860, Ii Naosuke was the most influential advisor to the shogunate.
The Sakuradamon gate in 2007.
Arimura Jisaemon, on the point of committing the assassination. Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.