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Kioi-zaka (Okubo Assassination Site)
The slope where Okubo Toshimichi was assassinated in 1878 — marking the end of all three great heroes of the Meiji Restoration
創建
1878 年
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5 min walk from Tokyo Metro Akasaka-Mitsuke Station
Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Shimizudani Park)
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Historic Site
Founded 1878
148 years
概要
The site where Home Minister Okubo Toshimichi was assassinated by six discontented samurai on May 14, 1878. Okubo was attacked in his carriage en route to the Akasaka Provisional Imperial Palace by Shimada Ichiro and other Ishikawa Prefecture samurai who ambushed him on Kioi-zaka, and died at age 47. The motive is said to have been revenge for Saigo's death in the Satsuma Rebellion and dissatisfac…
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Kioi-zaka takes its name from the three domain residences of the Kii Tokugawa, Owari Tokugawa, and Hikone Ii clans that stood in the surrounding area during the Edo period, and the slope served as an important thoroughfare along the outer moat of Edo Castle. After the Meiji Restoration, most of the …
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Ōkubo Toshimichi
Architect of Modern Japan — One of the Three Great Heroes of the Restoration
Age 48 at founding
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On May 14, 1878, Okubo was ambushed at Kioi-zaka by six assassins while on his way to work in his carriage and was killed. Assassin Shimada Ichiro and his associates were motivated by revenge for Saigo's death in the Satsuma Rebellion. With Okubo's death, all three great heroes of the Meiji Restoration had left this world, and early Meiji politics faced a major turning point.
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