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Nakayama served as head of the Customs House in [[Yokohama]] in [[1872]], before being named Japanese Consul General to Rome that same year, and then becoming a member of the Imperial Household Staff in [[1876]].

Nakayama served as head of the Customs House in [[Yokohama]] in [[1872]], before being named Japanese Consul General to Rome that same year, and then becoming a member of the Imperial Household Staff in [[1876]].

In [[1885]], he came to Hawaii aboard the ''[[City of Tokio]]'', alongside the first [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese contract laborers to immigrate to Hawaii]]. Shortly afterwards, he became head of the Japanese section of the Hawaiian Bureau of Immigration.

In [[1885]], he came to Hawaii aboard the ''[[City of Tokio]]'', alongside the first [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese contract laborers to immigrate to Hawaii]]. Shortly afterwards, he became head of the Japanese section of the Hawaiian Bureau of Immigration. In this position, he earned around $250 per month,<ref>For comparison, plantation workers during this period made on average $9-15 per month.</ref> in addition to profiting from various fees and the like he imposed upon the plantation workers; for example, for a time, he charged workers an additional fee to bring their wives to Hawaii - a fee which was paid not to administrative or governmental budgets, but into his own pocket.

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==References==

==References==

*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 50.

*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 50, 55.

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