Furusawa Uro

Furusawa Uro

Furusawa Uro ( Jap. 古沢滋 , pseudonym : Shigeru * 18th December 1847 in Kōchi ; † 24. December 1911 ) was a statesman and government official in the Empire of Japan , among others, Governor of Nara Prefecture , the Ishikawa prefecture and the prefecture of Yamaguchi was. He was also a member of the mansion ( Kizokuin ) , the upper house of the Reichstag (Teikoku-gikai) .

Life

Furusawa Uro, son of the samurai Nanyo Furusawa from the Kōchi clan, joined Tennō Meiji during the Edo period of the movement to restore political power , which led to the Meiji Restoration in 1868 . He then became an administrative officer in Ishinomaki and in February 1870 an official in the Ministry of Finance (ōkura-shō) . In July 1870 he was sent to the United Kingdom to study economics and returned after graduation in December 1873. After Itagaki Taisuke left the government, he founded the Public Party of Patriots (Aikoku Kōtō) with this in 1874 , the first political party in the Empire. In August 1875 he became a member of the Council of Elders ( Genrōin ) and was until his resignation in April 1880 Secretary General of the Advisory Board of the Legislature (Sanjiin) .

After leaving the government, Furusawa Uro drafted a memorandum calling for the establishment of a publicly elected parliament. These demands led him to become involved in the Society for Self-Help (Risshisha) , the Society of Patriots (Aikokusha) and as President of the Movement for Freedom and Civil Rights (Jiyū Minken Undō) . He was also president of the daily Ōsaka Nippō, founded in 1876, and in 1882 editor-in-chief of the daily newspapers Nihon rikken seitō Shimbun and Jiyū Shimbun . In February 1886 he returned to the government service and was first secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimu-shō) . In the following years he was a councilor (Sanjikan) in the Ministry of the Interior ( Naimu-shō ) and in the Ministry of Agriculture and Trade (Nōshōmu-shō) and in the Ministry of Communications (Teishin-shō) , in which he became director of the postal department in 1890.

During his tenure as governor of Nara, the Nara National Museum was opened in April 1895 .

As the successor to Shomaki Komaki, Furusawa Uro was governor of Nara Prefecture on January 20, 1894 and held this position until he was replaced by Mizuno Torajirō on December 26, 1896. During his tenure, the Nara National Museum was opened in April 1895 . He himself then succeeded Mitsuma Masahiro as governor of Ishikawa Prefecture on December 26, 1896 and held this office until July 16, 1898, after which Shiba Sankurō succeeded him. On January 13, 1899, he took Akiyama Shujo from the post of governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture and had this until his replacement by Takeda Chiyosaburo on February 8, 1902. In this role, he initiated measures to improve education, roads and the economy.

On August 22, 1904, Furusawa Uro became a member of the mansion ( Kizokuin ) , the upper house of the Reichstag (Teikoku-gikai) , and was a member of this until December 24, 1911. His older brother Takashi Ihara was also a government official and was governor of Shimane Prefecture between 1902 and 1904 , while his adopted son Taderoshi Toshinobu was Governor of ita Prefecture , Governor of Shiga Prefecture , Governor of Ishikawa Prefecture and Mayor of Himeji .

Web links

• Entry in Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Furusawa is the family name, Uro the first name.