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Sakuradamon Incident (1860), Japan

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Uchibori Dori
Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
Tōkyō-to 100-0013
Japan

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The Sakuradamon Incident (桜田門外の変, Sakuradamon-gai no Hen, or 桜田門の変 Sakuradamon no Hen) was the assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke (1815–1860) on 24 March 1860 by rōnin samurai of the Mito Domain, outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.

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