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Maki Izumi

1813–1864 · 19th century · Also known as Maki Yasuomi

Maki Izumi was a Shinto priest of the Suitengu shrine at Kurume and a leading imperial loyalist of the late Edo period. He promoted the restoration of direct imperial rule and the expulsion of foreigners, and allied himself with the radicals of the Choshu domain. After the Choshu attack on Kyoto failed in the Kinmon Incident of 1864, he killed himself on Mount Tenno.

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