motonori

Updated: May 28, 2025

At the instance of the latter and in consideration of the fictitious edict, Mori Motonori of Choshu, leader of the extremists, was ordered to leave the capital with all the nobles who shared his opinions. Doubtless the bombardment of Kagoshima contributed not a little to this measure, but the ostensible cause was the irregularity of the edict.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era