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*''Born: [[1851]]''
*''Died: [[1900]]/7''
*''Japanese'': [[水野]]遵 ''(Mizuno Jun)''
Mizuno Jun was a government official of the [[Meiji period]], and first [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)|Chief of Home Affairs]] of [[Taiwan]].
Born in [[Nagoya]], Mizuno studied English and Chinese in China in [[1871]]. He accompanied [[Kabayama Sukenori]] on an inspection tour of Taiwan in [[1873]], as an interpreter, and was involved in the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874|Japanese punitive military expedition to Taiwan]] [[1874|the following year]].
In May [[1895]], he was appointed the first Chief of Home Affairs of Taiwan, landing at [[Keelung]] on July 6 that year along with Kabayama, who had been appointed the first [[Governor-General of Taiwan]]. Mizuno resigned from his position in Taiwan shortly afterwards, returning to Japan in [[1897]] and becoming a representative in the [[House of Peers]].
Following Mizuno's death in July [[1900]], a bronze statue of him was erected in [[Taipei|Taipei's]] Maruyama Park. The sculpture, designed by the [[Tokyo]]-based artist [[Naganuma Moriyoshi]], arrived in Keelung on April 7, [[1902]], and was formally unveiled on January 18, [[1903]].
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==References==
*Suzuki Eka, "Building Statues of Japanese Governors: Monumental Bronze Sculptures and Colonial Cooperation in Taiwan under Japanese Rule," presentation at 2013 UCSB International Conference on Taiwan Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, 7 Dec 2013.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]
*''Died: [[1900]]/7''
*''Japanese'': [[水野]]遵 ''(Mizuno Jun)''
Mizuno Jun was a government official of the [[Meiji period]], and first [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)|Chief of Home Affairs]] of [[Taiwan]].
Born in [[Nagoya]], Mizuno studied English and Chinese in China in [[1871]]. He accompanied [[Kabayama Sukenori]] on an inspection tour of Taiwan in [[1873]], as an interpreter, and was involved in the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874|Japanese punitive military expedition to Taiwan]] [[1874|the following year]].
In May [[1895]], he was appointed the first Chief of Home Affairs of Taiwan, landing at [[Keelung]] on July 6 that year along with Kabayama, who had been appointed the first [[Governor-General of Taiwan]]. Mizuno resigned from his position in Taiwan shortly afterwards, returning to Japan in [[1897]] and becoming a representative in the [[House of Peers]].
Following Mizuno's death in July [[1900]], a bronze statue of him was erected in [[Taipei|Taipei's]] Maruyama Park. The sculpture, designed by the [[Tokyo]]-based artist [[Naganuma Moriyoshi]], arrived in Keelung on April 7, [[1902]], and was formally unveiled on January 18, [[1903]].
{{stub}}
==References==
*Suzuki Eka, "Building Statues of Japanese Governors: Monumental Bronze Sculptures and Colonial Cooperation in Taiwan under Japanese Rule," presentation at 2013 UCSB International Conference on Taiwan Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, 7 Dec 2013.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]
