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Count Got Shjir was a Japanese samurai and politician during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period of Japanese history. He was a leader of Freedom and Peoples Rights Movement which would evolve into a political party.

Got was born in Tosa Domain present day Kchi Prefecture, Together with fellow Tosa samurai Sakamoto Ryma, he was attracted by the radical proImperial Sonn ji movement. After being promoted, he essentially seized power within the Tosa Domains politics and exerted influence on Tosa daimy Yamauchi Toyoshige to call on Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu to return power peacefully to the Emperor.

Source: Wikipedia