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MUTSU, MUNEMITSU, COUNT (1842-1896)

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MUTSU, MUNEMITSU, COUNT (1842-1896)

MUTSU, MUNEMITSU, See also:
COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)
COUNT (1842-1896) , See also:

JAPANESE

Japanese states-See also:

man, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1842 in Wakayama. A vehement opponent of " See also:

CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan See also:

government "—that is, usurpation of administrative posts by men of two or three fiefs, an abuse which threatened to follow the overthrow of the See also:

TOKUGAWA

Tokugawa shogunate—he See also:

con-spired to assist See also:

SAIGO, TAKAMORI (1832-1877)

Saigo's See also:

REBELLION

rebellion and was imprisoned from 1878 until 1883. While in See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison he translated See also:

Bentham's Utilitarian-ism. In 1886, after a visit to See also:

EUROPE

Europe, he received a See also:

DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, and held the See also:

PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

portfolio of See also:

FOREIGN

foreign affairs during the See also:

CHINA

China-See also:

JAPAN

Japan See also:

War (1894-95), being associated with See also:

Prince (then Count) See also:

ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito as See also:

peace plenipotentiary. He negotiated the first of the revised See also:

TREATIES

treaties (tnat with See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain), and for these various services he received the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of count. He died in See also:

TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

Tokyo in 1896. His statue in See also:

BRONZE

bronze stands before the foreign See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in Tokyo.

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