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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Prince It Hirobumi, GCB It Hirobumi, 16 October 184126 October 1909, also called Hirofumi/Hakubun and Shunsuke in his youth) was a Samurai of Chsh Domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th), genr and Resident-General of Korea. It was assassinated by An Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Prince It Hirobumi, GCB It Hirobumi, 16 October 184126 October 1909, also called Hirofumi/Hakubun and Shunsuke in his youth) was a Samurai of Chsh Domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th), genr and Resident-General of Korea. It was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire. Suematsu Kench was Its son-in-law, having married his second daughter, Ikuko. It was born as the son of Hayashi Juzo. He was originally named Hayashi Risuke. His father Hayashi Juzo was the adopted son of Mizui Buhei who was an adopted son of It Yaemon's family, a lower class samurai from Hagi, Chsh domain (present-day Yamaguchi prefecture). Mizui Buhei was renamed to It Naoemon. Mizui Juzo took the name It Juzo, and Hayashi Risuke was renamed to It Shunsuke(It Hirobumi). He was a student of Yoshida Shoin at the Shoka Sonjuku and later joined the Sonno ji movement (to revere the Emperor and expel the barbarians), together with Kido Takayoshi. It was chosen to be one of the Chsh Five who studied at University College London in 1863, and the experience in Great Britain convinced him of the necessity of Japan adopting Western ways. In 1864, It returned to Japan with fellow student Inoue Kaoru to attempt to warn the Chsh clan against going to war with the foreign powers (the Bombardment of Shimonoseki) over the right of passage through the Straits of Shimonoseki. At that time, he met Ernest Satow for the first time, later a lifelong friend. After the Meiji Restoration, It was appointed governor of Hygo Prefecture, junior councilor for Foreign Affairs, and sent to the United States in 1870 to study Western currency systems. Returning to Japan in 1871, he esta. More: Books, , Japanese-People-Murdered-Abroad~~Books-Llc, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<