Kido Takayoshi

Kido Takayoshi (木戸 孝允?, August 11, 1833 – May 26, 1877), also referred as Kido Kōin was a Japanese statesman during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji Restoration. He used the alias Niibori Matsusuke (新堀 松輔?) when he worked against the Shogun.

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