Utsumi Tadakatsu
| Utsumi Tadakatsu | |
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| Born |
September 12, 1843 Chōshū Domain, Japan |
| Died | January 20, 1905 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Cabinet Minister |
Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu (内海忠勝?, September 12, 1843 – January 20, 1905) was a bureaucrat, statesman and cabinet minister, active in Meiji period Empire of Japan.
Utsumi was born to a samurai family in Chōshū Domain, in what is now part of the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture). As a youth, he participated in the Kinmon Incident in Kyoto, where pro-sonnō Jōi Chōshū forces sought to seize control of the Emperor to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.
After the Meiji Restoration, he went to Tokyo and entered into service of the new Meiji government, and was selected as a member of the 1871 Iwakura Mission, visiting the United States, Great Britain and other European countries. After his return to Japan, he was appointed governor of Nagasaki Prefecture (1877–1883), Mie Prefecture (1884–1885), Hyōgo Prefecture (1885–1889), Nagano Prefecture (1889–1891), Kanagawa Prefecture (1891–1893), Osaka Prefecture (1895–1897), and Kyoto Prefecture (1897–1900). He then served as chairman of the Board of Audit from 1900–1901.
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