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Created page with "*''Other Names'': 吉野清左衛門 ''(Yoshino Seizaemon)'' *''Japanese'': 中村博愛 ''(Nakamura Hironari)'' Nakamura Hironari was among Japan's first ambassadors to ..."
*''Other Names'': 吉野清左衛門 ''(Yoshino Seizaemon)''
*''Japanese'': [[中村]]博愛 ''(Nakamura Hironari)''
Nakamura Hironari was among Japan's first ambassadors to the Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark.
Nakamura first traveled overseas in [[1865]], at the age of 25, as one of fourteen [[Satsuma students|students]] from [[Satsuma han]] who were snuck out of the country in order to study in Europe. During the group's journey, he studied science especially. In the first month of the following year, he traveled to France, where he remained for roughly three years, returning to Japan in [[1868]]. He taught French language for a time at the [[han school|domain school]] in Kagoshima, and later served as Japanese ambassador to the Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark.
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==References==
*Plaque at the monument to the Satsuma students at Kagoshima Chûô train station, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Diplomats]]
[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]
*''Japanese'': [[中村]]博愛 ''(Nakamura Hironari)''
Nakamura Hironari was among Japan's first ambassadors to the Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark.
Nakamura first traveled overseas in [[1865]], at the age of 25, as one of fourteen [[Satsuma students|students]] from [[Satsuma han]] who were snuck out of the country in order to study in Europe. During the group's journey, he studied science especially. In the first month of the following year, he traveled to France, where he remained for roughly three years, returning to Japan in [[1868]]. He taught French language for a time at the [[han school|domain school]] in Kagoshima, and later served as Japanese ambassador to the Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark.
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==References==
*Plaque at the monument to the Satsuma students at Kagoshima Chûô train station, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Diplomats]]
[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]