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Katsu Kaishu

Katsu Kaishū
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Katsu Kaishū
Nickname(s) Awa Katsū
Born 1823
Edo, Japan
Died 1899
Japan
Allegiance Imperial Japan
Service/branch  Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service
  • 1855–1868 (Tokugawa)
  • 1872–1899 (Imperial Japan)
Rank Naval officer
Commands held
Battles/wars Boshin War
Other work military theorist

Count Katsu Kaishū (勝 海舟?, March 12, 1823 – January 21, 1899) was a Japanese statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishū Shooku 海舟書屋) by Sakuma Shōzan. He went through a series of given names throughout his life; his childhood name was Rintarō (麟太郎?) and his birth name was Yoshikuni (義邦?). He was often called Awa (安房?) from his title Awano-kami (安房守?) during the late Tokugawa shogunate and changed his name to Yasuyoshi (安芳?) after the Meiji Restoration.


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