See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

MARQUESS KAORU See also:

• MARQUESS KAORU INOUYE (1835– )

INOUYE (1835– )  , See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1835, a samurai of the Choshu See also:

• FIEF

fief . He was a bosom friend of his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-clansman See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito, and the two youths visited See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1863, serving as See also:

• COMMON

common sailors during the voyage . At that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time all travel abroad was forbidden on See also:

• PAIN (from Lat. poena, Gr. robin, penalty, that which must be paid: O. Fr. peine)
• PAIN, BARRY (1867– )

pain of See also:

• DEATH

death, but the See also:

• VETO (Lat. for " I forbid ")

veto did not prove deterrent in the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of a rapidly growing conviction that, as a See also:

• MATTER

matter of self-See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, See also:

• JAPAN

Japan must assimilate the essentials of Western See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization . Shortly after the departure of See also:

• INOUYE, KAORU, MARQUESS (1835– )

Inouye and Ito, the Choshu fief, having fired upon See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign vessels passing the strait of Shimonoseki, was menaced by See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with the Yedo See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government or with the insulted See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, and Inouye and Ito, on See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt of this See also:

• NEWS

news, hastened See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home hoping to avert the See also:

• CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe . They repaired to the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation in Yedo and begged that the allied See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron, then about to See also:

• SAIL

sail for Shimonoseki to See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call Choshu to See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, should be delayed that they might have an opportunity of advising the fief to make timely submission . Not only was this See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request complied with, but a British See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate was detailed to carry the two men to Shimonoseki, and, pending her departure, the British legation assisted them to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie perdu . Their See also:

• MISSION

mission proved futile, however, and Inouye was subsequently waylaid by a party of conservative samurai, who See also:

• LEFT

left him covered with wounds . This experience did not modify his liberal views, and, by the time of the Restoration in 1867, he had earned a high reputation as a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of progress and an able statesman . See also:

• FINANCE

Finance and foreign affairs were supposed to be the See also:

• SPHERES, MUSIC OF THE

spheres specially suited to his See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, but his name is not associated with any See also:

• SIGNAL

signal See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical success in either, though his counsels were always highly valued by his See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign and his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country alike . As See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of foreign affairs he conducted the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and abortive negotiations for treaty revision between 1883 and 1886, and in 1885 he was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count, being one of the first See also:

• GROUP

group of Meiji statesmen whose services were thus rewarded . See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

Prior to his permanent retirement from See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in 1898, he held the portfolios of foreign affairs, finance, home affairs, and See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture and See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, and throughout the war with See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia he attended all important See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• COUNCILS

councils, by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, being also specially designated adviser to the minister of finance . In 1907 he was raised to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess .

His name will go down in his country's See also:

• HISTORY

history as one of the five Meiji statesmen, namely, Princes Ito and See also:

• YAMAGATA, ARITOMO, PRINCE (1838— )

Yamagata, Marquesses Inouye and See also:

• MATSUKATA, MARQUIS (1835- )

Matsukata and Count See also:

• OKUMA (SHIGENOBU), COUNT

Okuma .