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Born December 3, 1819 • Japan
Died August 6, 1857 (aged 37) • Japan
Role In Treaty of Kanagawa
Ii Naosuke
Ii Naosuke
Japanese feudal lord
Sakuma Zōzan
Sakuma Zōzan
Japanese minister
Shimazu Nariakira
Japanese feudal lord
Arai Hakuseki
Japanese statesman
Mizuno Tadakuni
Japanese official
Kitabatake Chikafusa
Japanese statesman
Matsudaira Tsuneo
Japanese statesman
Tsutsumi Yasujiro
Japanese politician
Saigo Takamori
Saigō Takamori
Japanese samurai
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
shogun of Japan
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe
prime minister of Japan
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo
prime minister of Japan
Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida
prime minister of Japan
Ito Hirobumi
Itō Hirobumi
prime minister of Japan
Minamoto Yoritomo
Minamoto Yoritomo
Japanese leader
Go-Daigo
emperor of Japan
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior
Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese military officer
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
Ozawa Ichirō
Ozawa Ichirō
Japanese politician