Hayashi Gonsuke (diplomat)
| Hayashi Gonsuke | |
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Hayashi Gonsuke
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| Born |
March 23, 1860 Fukushima Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | June 27, 1939 (aged 79) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality |
 Japan
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| Occupation | Diplomat |
Hayashi Gonsuke (林 権助, March 23, 1860 – June 27, 1939) was a diplomat of the Empire of Japan.
Hayashi was born in Aizu Domain (modern Fukushima prefecture). His grandfather, Hayashi Yasusada (also known as "Hayashi Gonsuke") was a noted samurai leader in the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, but fighting for the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1867, his grandfather and father were both killed in combat during the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, leaving the seven-year-old Gonsuke as head of the Hayashi household. Despite his youth, he was given a military rank and assigned to a position in the defense of Aizuwakamatsu Castle during the Battle of Aizu. After the defeat of the Aizu forces and the establishment of the Meiji government, Hayashi, along with many surviving members of the Aizu clan, were sent to the newly created Tonami Domain in what is now northern Aomori Prefecture. However, after a period in northern Japan, he caught the attention of an officer from Satsuma Domain, Kodama Sanefumi, who had known his grandfather in Kyoto from the days of the Kōbu gattai movement, and Kodama brought the young Hayashi and his mother to live in Tokyo. Kodama subsequently died during the Satsuma Rebellion.
Hayashi graduated from Tokyo Imperial University and obtained a position at the Foreign Ministry in 1887. After serving as Consul to the Japanese diplomatic missions at Chemulpo, Korea and Shanghai, China, he served as secretary at the Japanese embassies in London and Beijing. While in China, he assissed Liang Qichao escape to exile in Japan after the Conservative Coup ended the Hundred Days' Reform. Hayashi was highly regarded by Kato Takaaki, and was appointed Director of the Communications Bureau in the Foreign Ministry in 1899.
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