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*''Other Names'': [[朝倉]]省吾 ''(Asakura Shougo)''
*''Japanese'': [[田中]]盛明 ''(Tanaka Moriaki)''
Tanaka Moriaki was one of nineteen [[Satsuma students|young men]] from [[Satsuma han]] who snuck out of the country in [[1865]] to study abroad in Europe.
Twenty-three at the time of the mission, he focused in his studies on medicine. In [[1866]]/1, he split off from the group and lived in France for a time, before returning to Japan the following year ([[1867]]). There, he became the head of the silver mines in Shôno, [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo prefecture]], and is said to have played a significant role in the [[Meiji period]] development of mining in Japan.
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==References==
*Plaque at the monument to the Satsuma students, at Kagoshima Chûô train station, Kagoshima City.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Japanese'': [[田中]]盛明 ''(Tanaka Moriaki)''
Tanaka Moriaki was one of nineteen [[Satsuma students|young men]] from [[Satsuma han]] who snuck out of the country in [[1865]] to study abroad in Europe.
Twenty-three at the time of the mission, he focused in his studies on medicine. In [[1866]]/1, he split off from the group and lived in France for a time, before returning to Japan the following year ([[1867]]). There, he became the head of the silver mines in Shôno, [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo prefecture]], and is said to have played a significant role in the [[Meiji period]] development of mining in Japan.
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==References==
*Plaque at the monument to the Satsuma students, at Kagoshima Chûô train station, Kagoshima City.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]