Mutsu Munemitsu

• Birth: 1844
• Death: 1897
• Son: Mutsu Hirokichi
• Japanese: 陸奥 宗光 (Mutsu Munemitsu}

Munemitsu was born into a Samurai family in Wakayama in 1844. He joined the Kaientai near the end of the Bakumatsu Period. He was active in the Japanese foreign ministry as a diplomat.

References

• Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures