Kioizaka Incident
The Kioizaka Incident (Japanese: 紀尾井坂の変, Kioizaka no hen[*]) was the assassination of Ōkubo Toshimichi, Minister of Home Affairs, by six shizoku bearing a written denunciation (斬奸状, zankanjō) at Shimizudani in Kioi-chō, Kojimachi Ward, Tokyo Prefecture (present-day Shimizudani, Kioi-chō, Chiyoda, To
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Kioizaka Incident (Japanese: 紀尾井坂 (きおいざか)の変 (へん) Kioizaka no hen[*]) was the assassination of Ōkubo Toshimichi, Minister of Home Affairs, by six shizoku bearing a written denunciation (斬奸状, zankanjō) at Shimizudani in Kioi-chō, Kojimachi Ward, Tokyo Prefecture (present-day Shimizudani, Kioi-chō, Chiyoda, Tokyo) on 14 May 1878 (Meiji 11).
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