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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]].

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]].　He was succeeded as Chief of Home Affairs by [[Goto Shinpei|Gotô Shinpei]].

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]].  

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]].  

==References==

==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.

*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.

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