Itagaki Taisuke
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Count Itagaki Taisuke was a Japanese samurai, politician, and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, which evolved into Japan's first political party, the Liberal Party. His activism in f
Itagaki c. 1900s
Itagaki c. 1870
Itagaki in 1880
Monument in Gifu marking the site of the 1882 assassination attempt on Itagaki
Tosa Domain
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The Tosa Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Tosa Province in what is now Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It was centered around
Itagaki Taisuke
…Party (Jiyūtō). His activism in favour of a parliamentary democracy was a pivotal influence on the political development of Meiji Japan. A native of Tosa Domain, Itagaki was a leading figure in the Meiji Restoration and held a series of posts in the new government, including that of Councillor of State (参議…
Kōchi Castle in Kōchi
Otemon of Kōchi Castle
Tosa Jinshotai (迅衝隊) soldiers with Shaguma headress in the Battle of Ueno, Boshin War (1867–68)
Jinshotai（迅衝隊）(From the left in the bottom row: Ban Gondayu, Itagaki Taisuke, Tani Otoi(young boy), Yamaji Motoharu. From the left in the middle row: Tani Shigeki(Sinbei), Tani Tateki(Moribe), Yamada Kiyokado(Heizaemon), Yoshimoto Sukekatsu(Heinosuke). From the left in the top row: Kataoka Masumitsu(Kenkichi), Manabe Masayoshi(Kaisaku), Nishiyama Sakae, Kitamura Shigeyori(Chobei), Beppu Hikokuro.)