Yoshida Tōyō

In this Japanese name, the family name is Yoshida.

Yoshida Toyo.

Yoshida Tōyō (吉田東洋, 1816 – 5, May, 1862) was a Japanese samurai from Tosa domain. Gotō Shōjirō is his nephew-in-law.

In 1853, Toyo was appointed by the head of Tosa domain Yamanouchi Toyoshige to reform and modernize the domain.

He was assassinated on 6, May, 1862 by three members of a conservative party called Tosa Kinnoto.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 29181642 NDL: 00272648

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