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Ii, Naosuke
Born: 1815 AD
Died: 1860 AD, at 45 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 1860 AD, at 45 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Japanese diplomat and politician
advocated contact with Western nations until Japan could gain sufficient strength to reimpose isolationism
without consent of emperor, authorized signing of 1st Japan-US commerce treaty 1858
assassinated by followers of Nariaki Tokugawa
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