Maki Izumi
| Maki Yasuomi | |
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Statue of Maki Yasuomi at Kurume Suitengū, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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| Born |
April 7, 1813 Kurume, Chikugo Province, Japan |
| Died |
August 22, 1864 Mount Tennōzan, Settsu Province, Japan |
| Occupation | Arima clan retainer; Shinto priest |
Maki Yasuomi (真木 保臣, April 7, 1813 – August 22, 1864) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served as a retainer of the Arima clan of Kurume in northern Kyūshū. He was also a Shinto priest of the Suitengū shrine in Kurume. Maki, also known by his court title of Maki Izumi no kami (真木和泉守) or simply Maki Izumi (真木 和泉), was a student of the Mito school's sonnō-jōi ideology, and in particular, Aizawa Seishisai's philosophy.
Maki took part in the Kinmon Incident of 1864 and committed suicide near Osaka with his men, after being chased and surrounded by Aizu and Shinsengumi troops.
Maki was born in Kurume in 1813, to Maki Toshiomi, the family head of the hereditary line of Shinto priests who cared for the Suitengū shrine. It was during Maki's childhood that his father was made a full-fledged samurai by Arima Yorinori, the lord of Kurume. When Maki was eleven, his father died, leaving him in charge of the family as well as the shrine.
Combining the teachings he had received from Mitogaku and elsewhere, Maki created a new school of thought called Tenpōgaku, named after the era in which it was founded.
Maki worked with Okubo Toshimichi of Satsuma, in setting up Shimazu Hisamitsu's trip to Kyoto. In 1862, Maki was implicated in the Terada-ya Incident, and briefly imprisoned.
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