Yokoi Shōnan

In this Japanese name, the surname is Yokoi.
Yokoi Shōnan
1861 photo by Ukai Gyokusen
Born(1809-09-22)September 22, 1809
Kumamoto, Japan
DiedFebruary 15, 1869(1869-02-15) (aged 59)
Other namesYokoi Tokiari
OccupationsPolitician, political theorist

Yokoi Shōnan (横井 小楠) (born Yokoi Tokiari; September 22, 1809 – February 15, 1869) was a Bakumatsu and early Meiji period scholar and political reformer in Japan, influential around the fall of the Tokugawa bakufu.

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