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Suematsu was also active as a writer of English works on Japanese subjects. His works include the first English translation of
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for finance. He also worked to improve the moral standards of Japanese theatre and founded a society for drama criticism.
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From 1904 to 1905 Suematsu was sent by the Japanese cabinet to Europe to counteract anti-Japanese propaganda of the
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Japanese Students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era, 1868-1912: Pioneers for the Modernization of Japan
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Suematsu arrived in London in 1878 with the Japanese embassy which was dispatched there, and enrolled in
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was doing at the request of Itō Hirobumi at the same time in the United States. He was promoted to
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A Creditable Performance under the Circumstances? Suematsu Kenchô and the Pre-Waley Tale of Genji.
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Baron Suematsu in Europe during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05): His Battle with Yellow Peril
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At the age of ten he enrolled in a private school where he pursued studies in Chinese (
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The Japan-British Exhibition of 1910: Gateway to the Island Empire of the East
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The Japan-British Exhibition of 1910: Gateway to the Island Empire of the East
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Genji Monogatari : The Most Celebrated of the Classical Japanese Romances
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Pōtsumasu he no michi: Kōkaron to Yōroppa no Suematsu Kenchō
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Members of the House of Representatives (Empire of Japan)
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M. Mehl (1993). "Suematsu Kenchô in Britain, 1878-1886",
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Suematsu Kencho: International Envoy to Wartime Europe
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politician, intellectual and author who lived in the
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He was born there. 412:Suematsu was influential in the founding of 259:Suematsu was born in the hamlet of Maeda in 710:The Japanese Discovery of Victorian Britain 678:Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits 579:The Japanese Discovery of Victorian Britain 243:. He was portrayed in a negative manner in 1036:Japanese expatriates in the United Kingdom 65: 1046:Japanese people of the Russo-Japanese War 344:), writing editorials under the pen name 590: 544: 542: 540: 364: 384: 381:) in 1884, returning to Japan in 1886. 221:, September 30, 1855 – October 5, 1920) 14: 991:Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 973: 764: 696:The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1902-1922 610:The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1902-1922 467: 1021:Members of the House of Peers (Japan) 615: 560:Yukuhashi City webpage about Suematsu 537: 1056:Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic 429:peerage in 1895, when he was made a 1066:Politicians from Fukuoka Prefecture 1011:English-language writers from Japan 957:19 October 1900 – 2 June 1901 794:National Diet Library Bio and Photo 761:, Vol. XXIII, no. 1, p. 41-70. 24: 1031:Ministers of home affairs of Japan 321:. In 1872, he briefly entered the 25: 1087: 1076:19th-century Japanese politicians 818:Works by or about Suematsu Kenchō 787: 71:Viscount Suematsu Kenchō, ca.1898 996:19th-century Japanese historians 834: 448:) and argue Japan's case in the 1071:Writers from Fukuoka Prefecture 645:References (books and articles) 446:(e.g. Russian or German circles 192: 27:Japanese politician (1855–1920) 1016:People from Yukuhashi, Fukuoka 846:Japanese Literature by Various 628: 602: 592:"Suyematsu, Kencho (SMTS881K)" 584: 571: 553: 338:newspaper (predecessor to the 13: 1: 1026:Government ministers of Japan 694:O'Brien, Phillips P. (2004). 379:St. John's College, Cambridge 254: 1051:People of Meiji-period Japan 701:Lister, Ayako Hotta (1995). 698:. (London: RoutledgeCurzon). 526:Japanese students in Britain 393:in 1890. Suematsu served as 389:Suematsu was elected to the 7: 833:(public domain audiobooks) 596:A Cambridge Alumni Database 504: 500:. London: Constable, 1905. 452:, much as Harvard-educated 423:Suematsu was raised to the 10: 1092: 598:. University of Cambridge. 493:. London: Constable, 1905. 482:Kenchio Suyematz, trans. 416:port in 1889, approaching 299:in 1871, and studied with 29: 959: 950: 942: 932: 926:Minister of Communication 923: 915: 905: 896: 888: 883: 799:Suematsu's memorial stone 684:, Global Oriental, 2005, 351: 335:Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun 282: 217: 202: 179: 167: 131: 126: 122: 110: 98: 87: 80: 76: 64: 57: 47: 862:Kenchō Suematsu (1905). 827:Works by Suematsu Kenchō 809:Works by Suematsu Kenchō 708:Cobbing, Andrew (1998). 531: 521:Anglo-Japanese relations 486:. London: Trubner, 1882. 58: 868:. Archibald Constable. 772:. The Scarecrow Press. 395:Communications Minister 873:, available here from 712:. (London: Routledge). 705:. (London: Routledge). 680:, Volume 5, edited by 295:漢学). 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Index

Suematsu Kencho
Japanese name
surname

Home Minister of Japan
Saigō Tsugumichi
Utsumi Tadakatsu
Buzen Province
Yukuhashi
Fukuoka Prefecture
Viscount
Japanese
Meiji
Taishō periods
Japan
English
Ryōtarō Shiba
Buzen Province
Yukuhashi
Fukuoka Prefecture
Tokyo
Ōtsuki Bankei
ja
Kondō Makoto
ja
Tokyo Normal School
Takahashi Korekiyo
Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun
Mainichi Shinbun
Fukuchi Gen'ichirō

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