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= = =**Okubo Toshimichi 大久保利通 (1830-1878) **= = = =SWORDS ARE DEPLORED = =BAKUFU SHOULD BACK OFF YOU = =BRING THE BEST OF THE WEST = 



Why linger in the past when you can live in the present? Why cajole the Bakufu when we can be kings ourselves? Why must the Samurais be "better" than us? We are majority, not the outcasts. CHANGE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE BETTER! OKUBO TOSHIMICHI CARES!

What could he do for you?
 * He formed a secret alliance to overthrow the pretentious Bakufu.
 * He formed a temporary government for the happiness of the Japanese people.
 * He enacted a LAND TAX REFORM (Haitorei Edict/Sword Abolishment Edict) to take from the rich and give to the poor.
 * He eradicated official discrimination against social outcasts.

INFORMATION CITATIONS:

http://www.jref.com/japan/history/biographies/okubo_toshimichi.shtml