was a Japanese samurai, karō of Chōshū Domain and a prominent economic reformer of the Edo period. See also Tenpō Reforms Sources Albert M. Craig: Chōshū in the Meiji restoration, Lexington Books, 2000, External links Kyoto University Library Ishin Database - wall scroll with poem by Murata Seifu 1783 births 1855 deaths Samurai Japanese politicians People from Yamaguchi Prefecture