Sano Masakoto

Sano Masakoto (佐野 政言, 1757 – 1784), nicknamed Sano Zenzaemon (佐野善左衛門) was a Japanese samurai, a hatamoto guard of Edo Castle, who gained his fame by killing the unpopular wakadoshiyori Tanuma Okitomo in March 1784 in the castle.

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