Chō Tsurahide

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Chō".

Chō Tsurahide (長 連豪^?, 1856 – July 27, 1878) 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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 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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Name	Cho, Tsurahide
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Date of birth	1856
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Date of death	July 27, 1878
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