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*''Other Names'': 出水泉蔵 ''(Demizu Senzou)'', 松木弘安 ''(Matsuki Kouan)''
*''Other Names'': 出水泉蔵 ''(Demizu Senzou)'', 松木弘安 ''(Matsuki Kouan)'', 松木陶蔵 ''(Matsuki Tôzô)''
*''Japanese'': 寺島宗則 ''(Terashima Munenori)''
*''Japanese'': 寺島宗則 ''(Terashima Munenori)''
Terashima Munenori was an early [[Meiji period]] [[Minister of Education]] and [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]].
Terashima Munenori was an early [[Meiji period]] [[Minister of Education]] and [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]].
After spending two years in England as a student sponsored by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], he returned to England in [[1865]], at age 34, to serve as guide and teacher for a group of [[Satsuma students|nineteen students]] from [[Satsuma han]].
He was one of a number of retainers from various different [[han|domains]] appointed in [[1856]] to serve as assistant instructors at the newly-established ''[[Bansho Shirabesho]]'' (the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate's]] institute for Western learning).<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 184.</ref>
After spending two years in England as a student sponsored by the Tokugawa shogunate, he returned to England in [[1865]], at age 34, to serve as guide and teacher for a group of [[Satsuma students|nineteen students]] from [[Satsuma han]].
Serving as a Japanese representative in diplomatic discussions with the British government, he secured British support for Satsuma, and played a significant role in the anti-shogunate movement of the [[Bakumatsu period]]. Originally known as Matsuki Kôan, and going by the name Demizu Senzô while overseas, he later changed his name to Terashima Munenori, and attained several top-level positions in the [[Meiji government]].
Serving as a Japanese representative in diplomatic discussions with the British government, he secured British support for Satsuma, and played a significant role in the anti-shogunate movement of the [[Bakumatsu period]]. Originally known as Matsuki Kôan, and going by the name Demizu Senzô while overseas, he later changed his name to Terashima Munenori, and attained several top-level positions in the [[Meiji government]].
==References==
==References==
*Plaque on monument to Satsuma students at Kagoshima Chûô train station.
*Plaque on monument to Satsuma students at Kagoshima Chûô train station.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]
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