Utsumi Tadakatsu
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内海 忠勝 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utsumi Tadakatsu wearing the 1872 Dajō-kan standard court uniform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Home Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2 June 1901 – 15 July 1903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Katsura Tarō | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Suematsu Kenchō | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kodama Gentarō | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the Board of Audit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 19 March 1900 – 2 June 1901 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yamada Nobumichi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tajiri Inajirō | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the House of Peers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 10 July 1904 – 20 January 1905 Nominated by the Emperor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 29 November 1899 – 19 March 1900 Nominated by the Emperor
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| Born | 12 September 1843 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 January 1905 (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu (内海 忠勝; 12 September 1843 – 20 January 1905) was a Japanese bureaucrat, statesman and cabinet minister, active in Meiji period Empire of Japan.
Biography
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 to 1901.
While Utsumi was Governor of Nagasaki, he hosted former United States President Ulysses S. Grant on his visit to Japan.
Utsumi was ennobled with the kazoku peerage title danshaku (baron) in 1887. He also served as a member of the House of Peers from its inception in 1890.
Utsumi was selected to become Home Minister in the cabinet of the 1st administration of Prime Minister Katsura Tarō in 1901.
References
- Keene, Donald. Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852–1912. Columbia University Press (2005). ISBN 0-231-12341-8
- Fredrick, Louis. Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press (2005). ISBN 0674017536
- Sims, Richard. Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation 1868-2000. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-23915-7