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Members of the mission included Iwakura Tomomi, [[Kido Koin|Kido Takayoshi]], [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], [[Fukuchi Genichiro|Fukuchi Gen'ichirô]], [[Tateishi Onojiro|Tateishi Onojirô]], and [[Hayashi Tadasu]], among a number of other prominent figures of the time.
Members of the mission included Iwakura Tomomi, [[Kido Koin|Kido Takayoshi]], [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], [[Fukuchi Genichiro|Fukuchi Gen'ichirô]], [[Tateishi Onojiro|Tateishi Onojirô]], and [[Hayashi Tadasu]], among a number of other prominent figures of the time.
Though one of the chief goals of the mission was to seek revision of the Unequal Treaties, the American and European governments were consistent in refusing to consider any such revisions until Japan's political and legal systems were up to Western standards.<ref>Andrew Gordon, ''A Modern History of Japan'', Oxford University Press (2013), 73.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 171.
*Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 171.
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