Statue of Umeda Unbin
Umebana Unbin was born in 1815 to a family of samurai in the Obama domain and studied at the Junzōkan academy. After repeatedly criticizing the shogunate before the domain lord Sakai Tadayoshi, Unbin was expelled from the domain and became a ronin. He was arrested in Kyoto in 1858 (Ansei 5) for plotting to overthrow the shogunate's senior councilor, Ii Naosuke, and died of illness while being transported to Edo. This marked the beginning of the shogunate's major crackdown on the Sonno Joi faction, known as the Ansei Purge. Though it claimed many more victims thereafter, their aspirations were ultimately fulfilled by the Meiji Restoration and the birth of modern Japan.
Information
- Telephone Number
- Obama City Cultural Tourism Division 0770-64-6034
- Address
- 福井県小浜市大手町(中央公園内)
- Opening Hours
- All day
- Getting There
- 5-minute walk from JR Obama Station / Approximately 7 minutes by car from Obama IC on the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway
