Lin Dong (1871)

Hayashi Tadasu 1871 Hayashi Tadasu April 11, 1850 (February 29, 1850) - July 20, 1913 (July 20, 1913) Shogun of the late Edo period. Japanese diplomat and politician of the Meiji era. Count. The first military surgeon general of the army and baron, Matsumoto Ryoshun, was his elder brother. He was born as the fifth son of Sato Yasen, a Dutch physician in the Sakura domain of Shimofusa Province (later Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture), and was later adopted by Hayashi Dokai, the Shogunate's official physician. His adoptive mother, Tsuru, was a sister of Yasen's eldest daughter, To. After studying at the Hebon School (later Meiji Gakuin University), he went to England as a foreign student of the Shogunate, then threw himself into the deserter fleet led by Enomoto Takeyo, and took the name Sato Tosaburo during the Hakodate War. After his defeat in the war, he served as governor of Kagawa and Hyogo prefectures, minister to Russia and Britain, minister of foreign affairs, and minister of communications. Hayashi Tadasu (1850-1913) Hayashi was born in Sakura city, Shimosa Province (Chiba prefecture), the son of a physician practicing rangaku or "Dutch medicine" for the Sakura Domain. He was adopted as a child by Hayashi Dokai, a physician in the service of the Tokugawa Shogunate and received the family name "Hayashi". He learned English at the Hepburn Academy. He learned English at the Hepburn Academy in Yokohama. From 1866 to 1868, he studied in Great Britain at University College School and King's College London. He returned home in the midst of the Boshin War and joined with Tokugawa loyalists led by Enomoto Takeaki, whom he accompanied to Hokkaido. He was captured by Imperial forces at the Battle of Hakodate and imprisoned in Yokohama. Released in 1871, he was recruited to work for the Meiji government in 1871, Later, Hayashi worked at the Ministry of Public Works, and later was appointed governor of Kagawa Prefecture, and then of Hyogo Prefecture. Later, Hayashi worked at the Ministry of Public Works, and later was appointed governor of Kagawa Prefecture, and then of Hyogo Prefecture. In 1891, he was appointed Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was elevated to the title of baron (danshaku) in the kazoku peerage in 1895. Later he had a successful career in dipplomacy with appointments to China, Russia, Great Britain. In 1906, he was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs and then Minister of Communications in 1911, and elevated to the title of count in 1907. photographer unknown. (Japanese names listed surname first.)