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Omura Masujiro大村益次郎 村田蔵六alternative words: Masujiro Omura, Murata Rokuzo, Oomura Masujiro keywords: famous person , meiji revolution , military man related topics: Meiji revolution , Choshu domain , Edo shogunate , Boshin war , Rangaku , Ronin , Yamagata Aritomo related web sites: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~gz5k-hnd/kh/sis/06mu01/ explanation: Born in 1824 in a doctor family of Choshu domain. After having studied medicine and rangaku at school of Ogata Koan in Osaka, he opened a cabinet in his homeland. He was called by Uwajima domain to translate western military books, then became rangaku teacher of Edo shogunate. Wining a good reputation, he was called by Choshu domain to implement a western style army and participated to Choshu war and Boshin war. He was assassinated in 1869 by ronin unhappy with his reform. | |