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[[File:Horace-capron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Statue of Horace Capron in Ôdôri Park, [[Sapporo]]]]
Horace Capron was an ''[[oyatoi gaikokujin]]'' who served as a chief advisor to the [[Hokkaido Development Office]] (''Kaitakushi'').
A former US Secretary of Agriculture, he played a prominent role in suppressing Native American opposition to American expansion. Along with [[William Clark]], he was then invited by ''Kaitakushi'' director [[Kuroda Kiyotaka]] to serve as a chief advisor on the colonization and development of [[Hokkaido]].
Capron advised a directed effort to bring in Japanese settlers to colonize the area. Deciding that the land was no good for growing [[rice]], he advocated a more American way of life, raising wheat, eating bread, and living in Western-style brick homes with Western-style furniture and a largely Western-style diet. Ultimately, the ''Kaitakushi'' promoted a less thoroughly Westernized mode of Japanese life, however, based on hardier rice crops rather than the adoption of wheat.<ref>Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. "Creating the Frontier: Border, Identity, and History in Japan's Far North." ''East Asian History'' 7 (June 1994). p14.</ref> Nevertheless, Capron is still considered one of the most notable figures in guiding the early settlement of Hokkaido.
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[[Category:Foreigners|Capron]]
[[Category:Meiji Period|Capron]]
Horace Capron was an ''[[oyatoi gaikokujin]]'' who served as a chief advisor to the [[Hokkaido Development Office]] (''Kaitakushi'').
A former US Secretary of Agriculture, he played a prominent role in suppressing Native American opposition to American expansion. Along with [[William Clark]], he was then invited by ''Kaitakushi'' director [[Kuroda Kiyotaka]] to serve as a chief advisor on the colonization and development of [[Hokkaido]].
Capron advised a directed effort to bring in Japanese settlers to colonize the area. Deciding that the land was no good for growing [[rice]], he advocated a more American way of life, raising wheat, eating bread, and living in Western-style brick homes with Western-style furniture and a largely Western-style diet. Ultimately, the ''Kaitakushi'' promoted a less thoroughly Westernized mode of Japanese life, however, based on hardier rice crops rather than the adoption of wheat.<ref>Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. "Creating the Frontier: Border, Identity, and History in Japan's Far North." ''East Asian History'' 7 (June 1994). p14.</ref> Nevertheless, Capron is still considered one of the most notable figures in guiding the early settlement of Hokkaido.
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==References==
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[[Category:Foreigners|Capron]]
[[Category:Meiji Period|Capron]]