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Ii Naosuke assassination

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He was attacked by 17 young samurai in front of the gates of Edo castle here. 

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Ii Naosuke

Ii Naosuke (井伊 直弼, November 29, 1815 – March 24, 1860)[1] was daimyo of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858 until his death on March 24, 1860. He is most famous for signing the Harris Treaty with the United States, granting access to ports for trade to American merchants and seamen and extraterritoriality to American citizens. He was also an enthusiastic and accomplished practitioner of the Japanese tea ceremony, in the Sekishūryū style, and his writings include at least two works on the tea ceremony.

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