Todoroki Buhē
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Todoroki Buhē | |
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轟 武兵衛 | |
 Todoroki depicted in an illustrated biography from 1880.[1] | |
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| Born | March 1, 1818 Kumamoto Domain, Higo Province, Japan |
| Died | May 4, 1873 (aged 55) Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1867-1869 |
| Battles/wars | Boshin War |
Todoroki Buhē (轟 武兵衛, 1818-1873) was a Japanese samurai retainer of the Kumamoto Domain, anti-foreign activist, Neo-Confucian scholar, kokugaku student, swordsman, and instructor of swordsmanship. He is also known to have used the pseudonyms Yūmei (游冥) and Shindokuken (慎独軒).[2]
Biography[edit]
Todoroki Buhē was born in 1818 to the Kumamoto Domain family of Todoroki Gentarō (轟 彦太郎), himself a lifelong Kumamoto retainer. His name at birth was Hirotane (寛胤). At some point he entered into the tutelage of Hayashi Ōen, an extreme nativist also resident in Kumamoto.
Todoroki was a prominent leader of the sonnō jōi movement in Higo Province alongside Miyabe Teizō and Nagatori Sanpē. Kawakami Gensai received instruction in swordsmanship from him.
At the suggestion of Maki Yasuomi of Kurume Domain, he accompanied Hirano Kuniomi on a surreptitious mission to Satsuma where they attempted to convince Shimazu Hisamitsu to travel up to Kyoto in person in order to assist in anti-Shogunate agitation there. Hisamitsu refused to participate.
In 1863, political machinations in Kyoto forced a temporary breakup of Satsuma activists in the city. Todoroki was commanded to return to Kumamoto, but absconded instead to Chōshū Domain, where he was promptly arrested by local authorities. While he was in prison, his associate Maki died by seppuku after a failed attempt to seize the Emperor was foiled in Kyoto.[3] In 1866, after three years in prison, he was released from prison in the midst of the final buildup to the Boshin War.
After returning from the war, Todoroki changed his name to Teruhata Retsunosuke (照幡 烈之助). In 1869, he was appointed a superior judge (弾正大忠 danjō daichū) within the new government, and under that title participated in the Kōgisho, an early predecessor to the Genrōin.
Intensely hostile to foreign things, Todoroki became disillusioned with the pro-foreign path subsequently taken by the progressive government and resigned his post. He returned home to Kumamoto where he died of illness in 1873 at the age of 55. His age was reckoned as 56 due to the Japanese custom of counting a person one year old at the time of birth.
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Kōmei zōden kinsei ikun". National Diet Library Digital Collections. 片山武兵衛 Katayama Buhē. p. 33. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ↑ 朝日日本歴史人物事典 Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten. 朝日新聞社 Asahi Shinbun Sha. November 1, 1994. ISBN 4023400521. Search this book on
- ↑ Harootunian, Harry (1991). Toward Restoration: The Growth of Political Consciousness in Tokugawa Japan (1st ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 9780520074033. Search this book on
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