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*''Other Names'': 松村淳蔵 ''(Matsumura Junzou)''

*''Other Names'': 松村淳蔵 ''(Matsumura Junzou)'', 市来勘十郎 ''(Ichiki Kanjuurou)''

*''Japanese'': [[市来]]和彦 ''(Ichiki Kazuhiko)''

*''Japanese'': [[市来]]和彦 ''(Ichiki Kazuhiko)''

Ichiki Kazuhiko was the first Japanese to graduate from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis.

Ichiki Kazuhiko was the first Japanese to graduate from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis.

He first traveled abroad in [[1865]], at the age of 24, as one of a group of [[Satsuma students|students]] from [[Satsuma han]] who snuck out of the country in order to travel to Europe. For the duration of the trip, he went by the name Matsumura Junzô. Ichiki studied naval surveying while in Europe, and then in [[1867]]/7 traveled to the United States.

A son of [[Ichiki Ichibee]] and nephew of [[Yokoi Shonan|Yokoi Shônan]], as a young man he served as a page in service of the domain, and studied at the [[han school]]. He then first traveled abroad in [[1865]], at the age of 24, as one of a group of [[Satsuma students|students]] from [[Satsuma han]] who snuck out of the country in order to travel to Europe. For the duration of the trip, he went by the name Matsumura Junzô. Ichiki studied naval surveying for a time at the University of London, but ran short of funding for tuition, and so traveled to the United States in [[1867]]/7, where the cost of living was cheaper.

After graduating from Annapolis, he returned to Japan in November [[1873]], and later became head of Japan's naval military school.

After attending Rutgers University for a time, he graduated from Annapolis in [[1873]] and returned to Japan that November. He began teaching at Japan's naval academy the following year, and became its third head in [[1877]]. In [[1891]], Ichiki was promoted to the rank of vice admiral (''chûjô''). He died on 1919/1/7 at the age of 78.

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==References==

==References==

*Plaque at the monument to the Satsuma students at Kagoshima Chûô train station, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]

*Plaque at the monument to the Satsuma students at Kagoshima Chûô train station, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]

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