Statue of Ii Naosuke (井伊直弼, 1815–1860), lord of Hikone and tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate. His role in opening Japan to foreign powers and the Ansei Purge made him one of the most controversial statesmen of the Bakumatsu era.
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