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unusual facts about Bakumatsu period



Jean Francisque Coignet

Jean Francisque Coignet (1835 - 18 June 1902) was a French mining engineer and government advisor in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan noted for his modernization of the Ikuno Silver Mine at Ikuno, Hyōgo Prefecture, near Kobe.

Ogasawara Nagakuni

In the Bakumatsu period, Nagayuki served as a Rōjū in the government, and Karatsu domain itself was a Fudai domain, unlike the neighboring Nabashima domains, which were of Tozama domain status.


see also

Bakumatsu-den

Bakumatsu-den refers to something taking place in the Bakumatsu period.

Kujō Michitaka

In the bakumatsu period, Kujō supported the Shogunate policy as one of highest courtier of the imperial court and hence lost the power at the very beginning of Meiji restoration when the annihilation of the Shogunate was announced on 1868-01-03.