Background
Tsuna Takenouchi was born in 1839. A retainer of Iga family of the Tosa Clan (Kochi Prefecture). He subsequently became an elderman for the Tosa Clan.
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Tsuna Takenouchi was born in 1839. A retainer of Iga family of the Tosa Clan (Kochi Prefecture). He subsequently became an elderman for the Tosa Clan.
He served for awhile (1868) with the expeditionary army which was sent to Tohoku. Joined the Foreign Ministry (1874) and became adviser to Shojiro Goto. During the revolt against the Meiji Government he sided with Takamori Saigo (1877), and for this was imprisoned. Was elected a member of the Diet but left politics for business.