- Iwamura Michitoshi
Infobox_Officeholder | name= Iwamura Michitoshi
nationality=Japanese
imagesize=180px
caption=Iwamura Michitoshi
order=3rd Governor of Okinawa
term_start=Apr. 1883
term_end=Dec. 1883
predecessor=Uesugi Mochinori
successor=Nishimura Sutezō
birth_date=birth date|1840|7|8|mf=y
birth_place=Tosa Province ,Japan
death_date=death date and age|1915|2|20|1840|7|8|mf=y
death_place=Tokyo ,Japan
spouse=Baron nihongo|Iwamura Michitoshi|岩村通俊 (1840-1915) was a Japanese
samurai of the lateEdo era , who was a rear-vassal ("baishin" 陪臣) of theTosa Domain . In theBoshin War of 1868-69, he fought under the imperial banner, in theBattle of Hokuetsu . Iwamura went on to become a politician in theMeiji era , serving as governor ofHokkaido ,Kagoshima Prefecture , andOkinawa Prefecture , among other posts.References
Weiner, Michael (2004). "Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan". (London: Routledge), p. 231.
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