French version
Katsu Kaishu勝海舟alternative words: Kaishu Katsu, Katsu Rintaro, Rintaro Katsu keywords: famous person , meiji revolution , military man , statesman related topics: Rangaku , Meiji Revolution , Edo shogunate , Bugyo , Hatamoto explanation: Born in 1823 at Tokyo in a Hatamoto family. He had become familiar with the western technology by learning Dutch language. For that reason he went by ship to USA as captain of Rinkanmaru to ratify Harris treaty. He was nominated then to "Gunkan bugyo" ( a kind of naval minister) to form Japanese to the western military technology. In 1868, he negotiated a surrender of Tokugawa regime with Saigo Takamori to let his army take over Tokyo without fighting. He died in 1899. | |