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*''Died: [[1873]]''
Eugene Miller Van Reed was the first consul general representing the Kingdom of Hawaii in Japan, serving in that post from [[1866]] until [[1873]].
Originally from San Francisco, Van Reed first traveled to Japan in [[1859]], where he established his own trading company, dealing in arms among other goods. Named Consul General of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1866, he played a key role in organizing for the [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|first Japanese immigrants to travel to Hawaii]] in [[1868]]. This first group of 148, known as the ''[[gannenmono]]'', encountered severely harsh working conditions on the sugar plantations, leading to considerable tension between the governments of Japan, Hawaii, and the United States, resulting in official Japanese immigration to Hawaii not beginning until [[1885]], after lengthy negotiations.
Van Reed died in 1873, aboard a ship called ''Japan'', which he had been taking home to San Francisco from Japan.
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==References==
*"[http://education.asianart.org/explore-resources/artwork/america-van-reed America: Van Reed]," [[Asian Art Museum]] Education.
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Eugene Miller Van Reed was the first consul general representing the Kingdom of Hawaii in Japan, serving in that post from [[1866]] until [[1873]].
Originally from San Francisco, Van Reed first traveled to Japan in [[1859]], where he established his own trading company, dealing in arms among other goods. Named Consul General of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1866, he played a key role in organizing for the [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|first Japanese immigrants to travel to Hawaii]] in [[1868]]. This first group of 148, known as the ''[[gannenmono]]'', encountered severely harsh working conditions on the sugar plantations, leading to considerable tension between the governments of Japan, Hawaii, and the United States, resulting in official Japanese immigration to Hawaii not beginning until [[1885]], after lengthy negotiations.
Van Reed died in 1873, aboard a ship called ''Japan'', which he had been taking home to San Francisco from Japan.
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==References==
*"[http://education.asianart.org/explore-resources/artwork/america-van-reed America: Van Reed]," [[Asian Art Museum]] Education.
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Diplomats]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]