Background
Otsuki Bankei was born in 1801. He was the youngest son of Bansui.
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also known as
Heiji
Education
He studied under his father and later at the Shoheiko, the Shogunate College.
Career
He was appointed a Confucian instructor of his clan (1832). Around 1848, he lectured on Western gunnery. Also advised his lord to support an open-door policy toward foreign nations. He was appointed head of the Yokendo School in Sendai (1862). At the Meiji Restoration (1868), he was imprisoned but was soon pardoned.
Career
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1832
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1848
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1862