Okada Izō

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Okada Izō (岡田 以蔵; February 14, 1838 – July 3, 1865) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, feared as one of the four most notable assassins of the Bakumatsu period. He was a member of Tosa Kinnō-tō (Tosa Imperialism party, a loyalist clique of Tosa) in his hometown, Tosa Domain. Izō and Tanaka Shinbei were active in Kyoto as assassins under the leadership of Takechi Hanpeita. His personal name (imina (諱)) was Yoshifuru.

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