Masataka Kawase, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Masataka Kawase

Japanese diplomat

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1840

Date of Death: 29-Sep-1919

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Masataka Kawase

  • Viscount Masataka Kawase (?? ??, Kawase Masataka, March 12, 1840 – September 29, 1919), a.k.a.
  • Kogoro Ishikawa (?? ???, Ishikawa Kogoro) was a Japanese Shishi, and later, a diplomat.
  • He attended a battle in the 1860s at Choshu Domain.
  • Especially, in 1865, he was the commander in Kozan-ji uprising, as Hirobumi Ito, under Shinsaku Takasugi.
  • He also served at the Second Choshu expedition, and led the Choshu Army to win. In the 1870s served as Japanese Minister to Rome.
  • In 1876 concluded successfully negotiations with Italian sculptor Vincenzo Ragusa to take a teaching position at the newly opened government sponsored art school in Tokyo.
  • Served as Japanese Consul in London in 1884-1893.
  • In 1894, Kawase became a member of the Privy Council till his death.

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