Chō Tsurahide Explained

was a samurai from Ishikawa Prefecture who was instrumental in the assassination of Ōkubo Toshimichi.[1]

After Saigō Takamori began his uprising in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1877, Chō was among the first of the Kaga Domain (Kanazawa) figures to enact anti-Meiji plans.[2] He traveled twice to Kagoshima Prefecture to meet Saigō.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World. Columbia University Press, 2005. 291. Retrieved on August 27, 2009.
  2. Baxter, James C. The Meiji Unification through the Lens of Ishikawa Prefecture,Volume 165 of Harvard East Asian Monographs. Harvard University Asia Center, 1994. 149. Retrieved on August 27, 2009.

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