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Saisho Atsushi (税所 篤) (22 December 1827 – 21 June 1910) was a Japanese samurai, viscount, governor, senator and member of the Privy Council of Japan.[1] He was the adoptive father of Japanese writer Murakami Namiroku[2] and thus the great-grandfather of the assassin Otoya Yamaguchi.[3] Atsushi was renowned for his stubbornness and was considered one of the Satsuma Clan's Three Greats, along with Saigō Takamori and Ōkubo Toshimichi. In 1889, while Atsushi was the prefectural governor of Nara, catastrophic flooding from heavy rainfall caused severe damage in Totsukawa village. Considering all this, leaving behind this place's infertile land here for the new land of Hokkaido's fertile land is truly your best option, and I can think of no alternatives.

Saisho Atsushi (税所 篤) (22 December 1827 – 21 June 1910) was a Japanese samurai, viscount, governor, senator and member of the Privy Council of Japan.[1] He was the adoptive father of Japanese writer Murakami Namiroku[2] and thus the great-grandfather of the assassin Otoya Yamaguchi.[3] Atsushi was renowned for his stubbornness and was considered one of the Satsuma Clan's Three Greats, along with Saigō Takamori and Ōkubo Toshimichi. My wish is that you protect our nation like the samurai and meet the expectations of our government.I understand that there will be continued hardships in your future, but because this is goodbye, I particularly wanted to leave this message here.October 22, 1889Nara Prefectural GovernorJunior Third Rank, Distinguished Second Class, ViscountSaisho Atsushi

dynamics of the movement from one court, Heijo, to another at Nagaoka, and only thence, in 794, to what was to be a truly permanent capital. The conduct of the quintessential Nara-period monarch, Shomu Tf , r. 724-748, reinforces the vision of Heijo as an elaborate court rather than a settled capital.