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 late Edo era, who was a rear-vassal ("baishin" 陪臣) of the Tosa Domain. In the Boshin War of 1868-69, he fought under the imperial banner, in the Battle of Hokuetsu. Iwamura went on to become a politician in the Meiji era, serving as governor of Hokkaido, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Okinawa Prefecture, among other posts.

References

Weiner, Michael (2004). "Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan". (London: Routledge), p. 231.