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Katsu Kaishu (1823-99) is a stateman in Japan in the late shogunate
period who held an important part in the Tokugawa shogunate in rare
occasions. He is particularly known for his role in the surrender of Edo.
Kaishu is not his real name.
Born in Edo in a family of Hatamoto, Kaishu served to the Tokugawa
shogunate.
After the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, he was given a high official
post in the Meiji new government.
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