The governor of Hakodate and Suite.
While witnessing the wrestling match. Two men are identified as Ishuka Konzo and Kudo Mogoro, “….two of the principal personages of his suite.”
Source: Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis. Illustrated by the author. Published by Thomas Cautley Newby. London 1859.
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