Kawashima Naniwa

Japanese: 川島浪速 - かわしまなにわ

Born: December 7, 1866, Nagano
[Died] June 14, 1949. A ronin from Nagano. He dropped out of the Chinese language department at the Foreign Language School. He served as an army interpreter during the First Sino-Japanese War, and after the war he worked as a Taiwanese government official and a Chinese language instructor at the Military Academy. Guided by his fellow countryman Fukushima Yasumasa, he served again as an army interpreter during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, and entered Beijing. He later presided over the Beijing Police Academy, expanding his influence in Beijing's political circles, and is said to have sworn brothers with Prince Su, a powerful figure in the Qing dynasty. He was a central figure in the Manchurian and Mongolian independence movement. A critical biography is available in Aida Tsutomu's "Kawashima Naniwa-o."

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Japanese:

[生]慶応1(1866).12.7. 長野
[没]1949.6.14. 長野
大陸浪人。外国語学校支那語科を中退。日清戦争には陸軍通訳として従軍，戦争後は台湾官吏や陸軍士官学校支那語教官をしていた。同郷福島安正の手引で 1900年義和団事変に再び陸軍通訳として従軍，北京に入った。以後北京警務学堂を主宰して北京政界に勢力を伸ばし，清朝の実力者粛親王とは義兄弟の盟を結んだといわれる。満蒙独立運動の中心人物。評伝に会田勉『川島浪速翁』がある。

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