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Inoue Kaoru (井上 馨 Inoue Kaoru, January 16, 1836 - September 1, 1915;) was a Japanese statesman. Image File history File links by age apprently this is en:Inoue Kaoru File links The following pages link to this file: Inoue Kaoru ... Image File history File links by age apprently this is en:Inoue Kaoru File links The following pages link to this file: Inoue Kaoru ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ...


Born Yukichi (勇吉) to a poor samurai family in Hagi (now in Yamaguchi Prefecture), Inoue attended the Han school with his brother Ikutarō (幾太郎). Hagi (萩市; -shi) is a city located in Yamaguchi, Japan and was founded on July 1, 1932. ... Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県 Yamaguchi-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... The Han school (藩校; hankō) was an educational institution in the Edo period of Japan, established to educate children of samurai families in the Han. ...


In 1858, he studied Dutch Learning, gunnery and swordsmanship in Edo. 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Rangaku (蘭学) or Dutch Learning was the method by which Japan kept abreast of Western technology and medicine in the period when the country was closed to foreigners, 1641-1853, because of the Tokugawa shogunates policy of national isolation (sakoku). ... This article is about firearms and similar devices. ... Swordsmanship refers to the skills of a swordsman, a person versed in fencing with a sword. ... Edo (Japanese: 江戸, literally: bay-door, estuary), once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo. ...


In 1863 Inoue was one of the Choshu Five who studied in London. At that time he was called Inoue Monta. He returned with his friend Ito Hirobumi to try to prevent war between the Choshu han and the allied powers over the closing of the Straits of Shimonoseki to foreign shipping. 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Choshu five (長州五傑 ChōshÅ« Goketsu) were members of the Choshu han of western Japan who studied in England at University College London under the guidance of Professor Alexander William Williamson. ... Jump to: navigation, search The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Born in Hagi, Yamaguchi, Prince Itō Hirobumi (伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi 1841–1909, also called Hirofumi/Hakubun) was a Japanese politician and the countrys first Prime Minister (and the 5th, 7th and 10th). ... ...


As Foreign Minister in the 1880s, Inoue tried to revise the unequal treaties with foreign powers. Later he tried to modernize Korea in 1895. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The Unequal Treaties (Chinese: 不平等條約) were a series of treaties signed by the Qing Empire in China and foreign powers (Chinese: 列強) during the 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Jump to: navigation, search Korea (Hangul: 한국, Hanguk, used by South Korea; 조선, Joseon, used by North Korea) refers to South Korea (Republic of Korea) and North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) together, which were a unified country until 1945. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


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