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Count Mutsu Munemitsu (陸奥 宗光? 20 August 1844-24 August 1897) was a statesman and diplomat in Meiji period Japan. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

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Mutsu Munemitsu was born in Wakayama domain Kii Province (present-day Wakayama Prefecture as the sixth son of Date Munehiro, a samurai retainer of the Kii Tokugawa clan. is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. or Kishū (紀州 was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial Japan. The was a powerful Daimyo family of Japan. They descended from Emperor Seiwa (850-880 and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji by the His father was active in the sonno joi movement, and Mutsu Munemitsu joined forces with Sakamoto Ryoma and Ito Hirobumi in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu. is a Japanese Political philosophy and a Social movement derived from Neo-Confucianism; it became a Political slogan in the 1850s and 1860s in ( 15 November 1835 &ndash 10 December 1867) was a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu during the Bakumatsu was a Japanese statesman Resident-General of Korea, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st 5th 7th and 10th and Genrō. The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the, and the, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the Shoguns of

Meiji bureaucrat

After the Meiji restoration, he held a number of posts in the new Meiji government, including that of governor of Hyōgo Prefecture and later governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, both of which were host to foreign settlements. The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan 's political and social structure The Government of Meiji period Japan from 1868-1911 was an evolution of institutions and structures from the feudal order of the Tokugawa bakufu towards WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshū Island He was head of the Lax Tax Reform of 1873-1881, and served on the Genroin. was a National assembly in early Meiji Japan, established after the Osaka Conference of 1875. He conspired to assist Saigo Takamori in the Satsuma Rebellion and was imprisoned from 1878 until 1883. was one of the most influential Samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era. The, was a revolt of Satsuma ex- Samurai against the Meiji government from January 29 1877 to September 241877 11 years into the Meiji Era. While in prison he translated Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism. Jeremy Bentham ( IPA: or) (15 February 1748&ndash6 June 1832 was an English Jurist, Philosopher, and legal and Social reformer Utilitarianism is the idea that the moral worth of an action is solely determined by its contribution to overall Utility, that is its contribution to happiness

After he left prison, he rejoined the government as an official of the Foreign Ministry, and in 1884 went to Europe for studies. The is a Japanese government ministry The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the Cabinet member in charge Later he became Minister to Washington D.C. (1888-1890), during which time he established formal diplomatic relations between Japan and Mexico, and partially revised the unequal treaties between Japan and the United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Unequal Treaties is a term used in reference to the type of Treaties signed by several East Asian states including Qing Dynasty China, late

On his return to Japan in 1890, he became Minister of Agriculture & Commerce. In 1892, he became Foreign Minister in the Itō Hirobumi cabinet. The of Japan is the Cabinet member responsible for Japanese foreign policy and the chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1894, he concluded the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of 1894, which finally ended the unequal treaty status between Japan and Great Britain. The signed by Britain and Japan, on July 16 1894, was a breakthrough agreement it heralded the end of the Unequal treaties and the system of See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands

Mutsu Munemitsu was the lead Japanese negotiator in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which ended the First Sino-Japanese War on 1894-1895. The Treaty of Shimonoseki ( Japanese: 下関条約 "Shimonoseki Jōyaku") known as the Treaty of Maguan ( in China was signed at The First Sino-Japanese War ( 日清戦争 Romaji: Nisshin Sensō ( 1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a war fought between The Triple Intervention by France, Germany and Russia reversed the gains that he had negotiated from China in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, and the Japanese public blamed Mutsu for the national humiliation. The was a diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany, and France on 23 April 1895 over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National He resigned all government posts in May 1896 and moved to Ōiso, Kanagawa, where he wrote his personal diplomatic memoirs Kenkenroku (蹇蹇録) after the treaty was signed to explain his views and actions. is a town located in Naka District, Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2008, the town has an estimated Population of 32856 and a density However, his memoirs could not be published until 1923 due to the diplomatic secrets they contained.

Statues of Mutsu and Itō Hirobumi at Shimonoseki
Statues of Mutsu and Itō Hirobumi at Shimonoseki

Mutsu died of tuberculosis in Hawaii in 1897. was a Japanese statesman Resident-General of Korea, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st 5th 7th and 10th and Genrō. is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshū, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the

Mutsu was ennobled with the title of hakushaku (count) under the kazoku peerage system at the end of the Sino-Japanese War. A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin The was the hereditary Peerage of the Empire of Japan that existed between 1869 and 1947

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