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[[Image:Mutsumunemitsu.png|left|frame|Photograph of '''Mutsu Munemitsu'''.]]
* ''Birth: [[1844]]''
* ''Birth: [[1844]]''
* ''Death: [[1897]]''
* ''Death: [[1897]]''
* ''Japanese'': 陸奥 宗光 ''(Mutsu Munemitsu}''
* ''Japanese'': 陸奥 宗光 ''(Mutsu Munemitsu}''
Mutsu Munemitsu was an early [[Meiji period]] [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]].
Munemitsu was born into a [[samurai]] family in [[Wakayama]] in [[1844]]. He joined the [[Kaientai]] near the end of the [[Bakumatsu period]], and he also attempted to assist [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] during the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] and was imprisoned from [[1878]] until [[1883]]. In [[1886]], Munemitsu received a diplomatic appointment after a trip to Europe. Munemitsu was active in the Japanese foreign ministry as a diplomat, and worked to reverse the [[Unequal Treaties]] imposed on Japan by the Western powers.
Munemitsu was born into a [[Samurai]] family in [[Wakayama]] in 1844. He joined the [[Kaientai]] near the end of the [[Bakumatsu Period]], and he also attempted to assist [[Saigo Takamori]] during the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] and was imprisoned from 1878 until 1883. In [[1886]], Munemitsu received a diplomatic appointment after a trip to Europe. Munemitsu was active in the Japanese foreign ministry as a diplomat, and worked to reverse the [[Unequal Treaties]] imposed on Japan by the Western powers.
In [[1895]], he participated in the [[Shimonoseki]] Peace Conference alongside Prime Minister [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]], negotiating the [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]] which ended the [[Sino-Japanese War]]. Criticized by the [[Meiji Emperor]] and others for the way the war was conducted and for the [[Triple Intervention]], he detailed his account of the diplomatic, political, and military aspects of the war in an effort to combat the accusations, titling it ''Kenkenroku'' (lit. "A Record of Loyalty").<ref>Gallery labels, Wakayama castle.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/48849689147/in/photostream/]</ref>
==References==
==References==
* [http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica] ''(Public Domain source)''
* [http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica] ''(Public Domain source)''
* [http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/index.html Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures]
* [http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/index.html Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures]
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