Konoe Atsumaro
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Duke Konoe Atsumaro
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August 10, 1863 Kyoto, Japan |
| Died | January 1, 1904 (aged 40) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Politician, Educator |
Duke Konoe Atsumaro (近衛 篤麿?, August 10, 1863 – January 1, 1904) was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was a daughter of Shimazu Nariakira. Of fragile health, he had problems staying in university, but managed to teach himself English on his own.
After the Meiji Restoration, the Konoe family were devolved from the ranks of the nobility and given the peerage title of Duke (koshaku) under the new kazoku peerage system. From 1885 to 1890, Konoe visited Europe, attending the University of Bonn and University of Leipzig in Germany. After returning to Japan, he became a member of the House of Peers and in 1895 became president of Gakushuin Peer's School.
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