Gotō Shōjirō
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Count Gotō Shōjirō was a Japanese samurai and politician during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period of Japanese history. He was a leader of Freedom and People's Rights Movement which would evolve int
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Aoyama Cemetery
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Aoyama Cemetery is a cemetery in Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The cemetery is known for its cherry blossoms and is popular during the season of hanami.
Gotō Shōjirō
…trading, and was forced to retire. After a heart attack, he retired to his summer home in Hakone, Kanagawa, where he died in 1896. His grave is at the Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. Beasley, William G. (1995). The Rise of Modern Japan: Political, Economic and Social Change Since 1850. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN…
Aoyama cemetery viewed from Roppongi Hills
Cherry trees of Aoyama Cemetery
View inside the cemetery
Foreign section – Grave of Guido Verbeck.