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He was born in Satsuma, now Kagoshima Prefecture as the eldest of five children. He studied at the same local school with Saigo Takamori, who was three years older. He became the minister of the interior, and in the Satsuma troubles which followed he was the chief opponent of Saigo Takamori. But the suppression of the Satsuma Rebellion brought upon him the personal revenge of Saigo's sympathizers, and in the spring of 1878 he was assassinated by Shimada IchiroShimada Ichiro ( Japanese language) was a Japanese author and the confessed assassin of Okubo Toshimichi. See also Japanese literature, List of Japanese authors. and six of his fellows on the way to TokyoTokyo (; Tokyo lit. eastern capital) is the capital of Japan as well as the most populous conurbation in Japan, and the world's largest metropolitan area by population with 33,750,000 people living within its urban influence. A little more than 12 million in 1878. Okubo was one of the leading men of his day, and in 1872Events January 2 Brigham Young, is arrested for bigamy (25 wives). February 20 In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. March 1 Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park March 5 George Westinghouse patents t was one of the Iwakura missionThe Iwakura Mission or Iwakura Embassy was a diplomatic journey around the world, initiated by the oligarchs of the Meiji era. Although it was not the only such "mission", it is the most well-known and possibly most important for the modernization of Japa which was sent round the world to get ideas for organizing the new régime.

In the semi-historic graphic novelA graphic novel is a novel or novella done in the medium of comics. It is typically a long-form work rather than a short publication such as an individual comic book, analogous to a novel rather than a short story. A graphic novel need not be a complete w ( mangaThis article is about the Japanese medium. Manga" can also refer to La Manga (a place in the Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain) and Manga Entertainment (an American and British distributor of anime, but not manga). Manga is the Japanese word for comics; outside of) and animated adaptation ( anime) Rurouni Kenshin, Okubo appears to seek Himura Kenshin's assistance in destroying the threat posed by the revolt of Shishio Makoto. Kenshin is uncertain, and Okubo gives him a May 14 deadline to make his decision. On his way to seek Kenshin's answer on that day, he is assassinated by Seta Sojiro, Shishio's right-hand boy, and the Ichiro clan merely stab his corpse. Both the revolt and the assassin are fictional.

See also: Meiji Restoration

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