Tomura Yoshinori Explained

Tomura Yoshinori
Honorific Suffix:戸村義得
Birth Date:1849
Birth Place:Yokote, Kubota Domain, Tokugawa shogunate
Death Date:May 1906
Allegiance: Kubota Domain
Branch Label:Branch
Serviceyears:1868 — 1879
Battles:Boshin War

, also known as was a Japanese general and businessman hailing from the Kubota Domain and founder of the during the Bakumatsu period of Japan.

Biography

Tomura was a member of the Satake clan and his father is . He was born in Yokote in May 1849. On August 3, 1868, when his father became a chief retainer of the Kubota Domain, he was handed over to Yokote Shodai. In the Boshin War, Tomura participated in the as he fought against the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei forces attacking Yokote Castle at the age of 19 without reinforcements from the main clan and the Ouetsu Governor's Office, but surrendered in the .[1]

In 1879, with the founding of the (later Akita Bank), he became president as one of the founders but he retired the following year and became a director.[2]

In May 1880, he became the deputy principal of .

In 1884, he became the mayor of Kawabe, and then the mayor of Kazuno and Hiraka.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Yoshitake Kori Akita-Shonai Satoshi War Person Traffic Company, 2001
  2. Book: Akita Sakigake Shinpo . Newspaper person Wafū Ando . Akita Sakigake Shinpo . November 1, 1967 . 10.11501/2983375.