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*''Japanese'': [[岩村]]通俊 ''(Iwamura Michitoshi)''

*''Japanese'': [[岩村]]通俊 ''(Iwamura Michitoshi)''

Iwamura Michitoshi was the third governor of [[Okinawa Prefecture]].

Iwamura Michitoshi was a prominent statesman of the [[Meiji period]], serving as governor of the prefectures of [[Saga prefecture|Saga]], [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]], [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], and [[Hokkaido]] in the 1870s-1880s, and then briefly as [[Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce|Minister of Agriculture and Commerce]] in [[1889]] to [[1890]].

He was born in [[Tosa han]], and served as an army officer in the [[Boshin War]], before becoming governor of [[Saga prefecture]]. In [[1877]], as governor of [[Kagoshima prefecture]], he played a prominent role in efforts to suppress the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]; when that rebellion came to an end with the [[battle of Shiroyama]] and the death of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]], Iwamura saw to it that Saigô and many of his men were given proper burials at the former site of the Buddhist temple of [[Jokomyo-ji (Kagoshima)|Jôkômyô-ji]], thus marking the foundation of the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].

Iwamura was born in [[Tosa han]], and served as an army officer in the [[Boshin War]], before becoming governor of Saga prefecture. In [[1877]], as governor of Kagoshima prefecture, he played a prominent role in efforts to suppress the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]; when that rebellion came to an end with the [[battle of Shiroyama]] and the death of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]], Iwamura saw to it that Saigô and many of his men were given proper burials at the former site of the Buddhist temple of [[Jokomyo-ji (Kagoshima)|Jôkômyô-ji]], thus marking the foundation of the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].

Iwamura later served as head of the [[Board of Audits]], Governor of [[Hokkaido]], and Minister of Agriculture & Commerce, before becoming governor of Okinawa in [[1883]].

Iwamura later served as head of the [[Board of Audits]] before becoming governor of Okinawa in [[1883]]. Iwamura was critical of the reforms effected by his predecessor in Okinawa, [[Uesugi Mochinori]], and supported a series of policies of "preserving old customs" (''[[kyukan onzon|kyûkan onzon]]''). Uesugi had put pressure on the ''[[yukatchu]]'', the traditional aristocracy, accusing them of oppressing the peasantry, and causing many of them to flee to China. Iwamura reversed many of Uesugi's policies on this matter, seeing the ''yukatchu'' as experienced bureaucrats who could be valuable members of the prefectural administration. Iwamura saw that the higher-ranking ''yukatchu'' continued to receive stipends, and provided economic aid to lower-ranking ''yukatchu'' who had not traditionally been entitled to stipends; many who had fled to China returned to Okinawa as a result of Iwamura's policies.

As governor of Okinawa, Iwamura was critical of the reforms effected by his predecessor, [[Uesugi Mochinori]], and supported a series of policies of "preserving old customs" (''[[kyukan onzon|kyûkan onzon]]''). Uesugi had put pressure on the ''[[yukatchu]]'', the traditional aristocracy, accusing them of oppressing the peasantry, and causing many of them to flee to China. Iwamura reversed many of Uesugi's policies on this matter, seeing the ''yukatchu'' as experienced bureaucrats who could be valuable members of the prefectural administration. Iwamura saw that the higher-ranking ''yukatchu'' continued to receive stipends, and provided economic aid to lower-ranking ''yukatchu'' who had not traditionally been entitled to stipends; many who had fled to China returned to Okinawa as a result of Iwamura's policies.

He was succeeded as governor of Okinawa by [[Nishimura Sutezo|Nishimura Sutezô]] after less than a year in the position. He then went on to serve as Governor of [[Hokkaido]], and Minister of Agriculture & Commerce.

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