Tosa Province, Japan
1. Kataoka Naoharu (1859)
Japanese Politician
Kataoka Naoharu was an entrepreneur politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan serving as a member of the Upper House of the Diet of Japan.
2. Sakamoto Ryōma (1836)
Japanese Samurai
Sakamoto Ryōma was a prominent figure in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period in Japan. One of his most noted accomplishments during this period was...
3. Ōishi Masami (1855)
Japanese Politician
Ōishi Masami was a politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. Ōishi was a native of Tosa Province where his father was a samurai in the service...
4. Seito Saibara (1861)
Japanese Politician
Seito Saibara was a Japanese parliament member politician administrator colonist and farmer. Apart from his missionary activities he is credited with having first established the rice industry on the Gulf...
5. Ueki Emori (Unknow)
Japanese Politician
Ueki Emori was a Japanese revolutionary democrat active in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement. Ueki was the son of a middle-ranking samurai from Tosa. Inspired by Itagaki Taisuke he...
6. Hayashi Yūzō (1842)
Japanese Politician
Hayashi Yūzō was a politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. Hayashi Yūzō was a native of Tosa Province where his father Iwamura Hidetoshi was a samurai...
7. Gidō Shūshin (1325)
Japanese Monk And Writer
Gidō Shūshin 1325–1388) Japanese luminary of the Zen Rinzai sect was a master of poetry and prose in Chinese. Gidō’s own diary ) relates how as a child he discovered...
