- Inoue Masaru
nihongo|Inoue Masaru|井上 勝|Inoue Masaru|1843–1910 was known as the "father of the
Japanese railway s".He was born into the Chōshū clan at
Hagi, Yamaguchi (Original son of Katsuyuki Inoue). He briefly was adopted into the Nomura family and became known as Nomura Yakichi, though later he was restored to the Inoue family.Masaru Inoue was brought up as the son of a samurai belonging to the Choshu fief. At 15, he entered the Nagasaki Naval Academy established by the Tokugawa government under the direction of a Dutch naval officer.
In 1891 Masaru Inoue founded Koiwai Farm
He was a member of the
Chōshū Five , who studied atUniversity College London in 1863. To commemorate this, two scholarships, known as the Inoue Masaru Scholarships, are available each session under the University College London 1863 Japan Scholarships scheme to enable University College students to study at a Japanese University. The value of the scholarships are £2000 each. His tomb is in the triangular bit of land where theYamanote Line meets theTōkaidō Shinkansen in Kita-Shinagawa .The other members of the
Chōshū Five *Ito Shunsuke (later Ito Hirobumi)
*Inoue Monta (later Inoue Kaoru)
*Yamao Yozo who later studied engineering at theAndersonian Institute ,Glasgow , 1866-68 while working at the shipyards by day
*Endo Kinsuke ee also
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Japanese students in Britain References
* Yumiyo Yamamoto, "Inoue Masaru, 'Father' of the Japanese Railways", Ch. 2, "Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits", Volume One, 1994 ed.
Ian Nish
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