Yoshimoto Hanabusa

Japanese: 花房義質 - はなぶさ・よしもと

Year of death: July 9, 1917
Year of birth: Tempo 13.1.1 (1842.2.10)
A diplomat in the Meiji period. Born in Okayama Prefecture. He studied Confucianism under the private tutelage of Sakuma Shozan, and Dutch studies at Ogata Koan's academy. After studying abroad in Europe and the United States, he was employed by a foreign government official, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs before being sent to China and Korea. In 1873 (Meiji 6), he assisted Minister Enomoto Takeaki as secretary at the Russian legation, and concluded the Treaty of Exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands (1875). In the same year, he went to Korea, and made the grounds of the Wakan in Busan a special settlement. He then became a minister there, and was the first foreign envoy to have an audience with King Gojong. The legation was attacked during the Imo Incident (1882), and he escaped and returned to Japan, but he was posted again and concluded the Treaty of Chemulpo (1882), gaining the right to station troops under the pretext of guarding the legation. He later served as envoy to Russia, and successively held the posts of Vice Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, Imperial Court Advisor, and Director of the Imperial Household Accounting Bureau. He then served as Vice Minister of the Imperial Household twice, and further served as a Privy Councilor, Vice President, and President of the Japanese Red Cross Society. He established an interventionist policy in Japan's diplomacy with North Korea, and set the precedent for active diplomacy. <References> Kiyoshi Tabobashi, "Research on Modern Japan-Korea Relations" (reprint, 1966)

(Moriyama Shigenori)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：大正6.7.9(1917)
生年：天保13.1.1(1842.2.10)
明治時代の外交官。岡山県出身。佐久間象山に私淑し儒学を修め,緒方洪庵の塾で蘭学を学ぶ。欧米に留学後外国官雇となり,外務大丞を歴任し清国や朝鮮に遣わされる。明治6(1873)年ロシア公使館書記官として榎本武揚公使を助け,樺太千島交換条約(1875)を締結する。同9年に朝鮮に赴き釜山の倭館敷地を特別居留地とし,次いで公使として朝鮮に駐在し,外国使臣として初めて国王高宗に謁見した。壬午事変(1882)により公使館が襲撃を受け脱出帰国したが,再び赴任して済物浦条約(1882)を締結し,公使館護衛の名目で駐兵権を得た。のちに駐露公使を務め,農商務次官,宮中顧問官,帝室会計審査局長を歴任する。次いで2度にわたり宮内次官を務め,さらに枢密顧問官,日本赤十字社副社長,社長を歴任した。日本の対朝外交の干渉的路線を敷き,積極外交の先鞭をつけた。<参考文献>田保橋潔『近代日鮮関係の研究』(復刻,1966)

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