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Koga Kin'ichirô was a [[Confucian]] scholar in service to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He is known for his translation work and involvement otherwise in activities related to the shogunate's engagement with Western powers in the 1850s, including being one of the signers of the [[1854]] [[Treaty of Shimoda]] (along with [[Tsutsui Masanori]] and [[Kawaji Toshiakira]]).<ref>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 247-250, 292. </ref>

Koga Kin'ichirô was a [[Confucian]] scholar in service to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He is known for his translation work and involvement otherwise in activities related to the shogunate's engagement with Western powers in the 1850s, including being one of the signers of the [[1854]] [[Treaty of Shimoda]] (along with [[Tsutsui Masanori]] and [[Kawaji Toshiakira]]).<ref>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 247-250, 292. </ref>

In [[1855]], he was named ''ni-no-maru rusi'' and ''kashiradori'' of the shogunate's Institute of Western Studies (''[[Yogakusho|Yôgakusho]]'').

In [[1855]], he was named ''ni-no-maru rusi'' and ''kashiradori'' of the shogunate's Institute of Western Studies (''[[Yogakusho|Yôgakusho]]''). He also served briefly as [[Machi bugyo|Osaka machi bugyô]], for about one month, in [[1864]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 5 (1937), 457, 502.</ref>

His students included [[Hirata Tosuke|Hirata Tôsuke]].

His students included [[Hirata Tosuke|Hirata Tôsuke]].