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*''Other Names'': 石垣鋭之助 ''(Ishigaki Einosuke)''
*''Japanese'': [[新納]]久修 ''(Niiro Hisanobu)''
Niiro Hisanobu was the leader of a group of nineteen [[Satsuma students|students]] from [[Satsuma han]] who traveled to Europe in [[1865]].
Niiro was 34 when he left Japan; like all the other members of the mission, he adopted a new name, and was known as Ishigaki Einosuke while overseas.
He returned to Japan in [[1866]]/3, bringing with him valuable new technology in the form of spinning machines. He later became a ''[[karo|karô]]'' (House Elder) in the domain.
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==References==
*Plaque at Satsuma students monument outside Kagoshima Chûô train station.
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*''Japanese'': [[新納]]久修 ''(Niiro Hisanobu)''
Niiro Hisanobu was the leader of a group of nineteen [[Satsuma students|students]] from [[Satsuma han]] who traveled to Europe in [[1865]].
Niiro was 34 when he left Japan; like all the other members of the mission, he adopted a new name, and was known as Ishigaki Einosuke while overseas.
He returned to Japan in [[1866]]/3, bringing with him valuable new technology in the form of spinning machines. He later became a ''[[karo|karô]]'' (House Elder) in the domain.
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==References==
*Plaque at Satsuma students monument outside Kagoshima Chûô train station.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
