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Suematsu Kenchô was a prominent official in the [[Meiji government]], and translator of literature.
Suematsu attracted the attention of [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] in [[1875]] and by [[1878]] was appointed to the staff of the Japanese Legation in England. In [[1881]], while a student at Cambridge, Suematsu composed a number of reports on the English monarchy for [[Imperial Household Ministry|Imperial Household Minister]] [[Tokudaiji Sanenori]].
Following his return to Japan, Suematsu became intimately involved in political circles, serving in the [[National Diet]] and in a number of cabinet positions. He married a daughter of Itô Hirobumi in [[1889]], and in [[1906]] joined the [[Privy Council]].
Suematsu published the first translation into English of a significant portion of the ''[[Tale of Genji]]'', as well as a number of translations of works of English literature into Japanese.
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==References==
*Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', University of California Press (1996), 155, 271n1.
[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]
