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Sakuma Shozan (February
28,
1811 -
July 11,
1864) is a politican and scholar of the Edo era. Knowledgeable on
naval and coastal defence issues, Shozan was imprisoned by the
Tokugawa Bakufu from
1854 to
1862. He advocated opening Japanese ports to foreign traders.
Shozan was assassinated for his opinions by some radical anti-foreign
samurai.
He is sometimes also called Sakuma Zozan.
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