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Born in Choshu domain, he, after being released from house arrest, opened a private school, Shoka Sonjyuku to teach the youth military arts and politics.
He was executed in 1859
"To consider oneself different from ordinary people is wrong, but it is right to hope that one will not remain like ordinary people."
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