Miura Gorō

Miura Gorō

Miura Gorō ( Japanese 三浦 梧 楼 ; born January 1, 1847 in Hagi , Yamaguchi ; † January 28, 1926 in Tokyo ) was a Lieutenant General of the Imperial Japanese Army and Prime Minister in Korea .

Miura was born in Chōshū (now Yamaguchi Prefecture ) in a samurai family of the Hagi clan. After studying at the Meirinkan Military Academy, he joined the Kiheitai, an irregular army in Chōshū. He played an important role in the suppression of the Tokugawa - Bakufu in the Boshin War . He later held various posts in the Ministry of Military Affairs and became commander of the Hiroshima District. During the Satsuma Rebellion , he served as the commander of the Army's 3rd Brigade.

In 1884 he accompanied Ōyama Iwao on his trip to Europe to study the various European military systems. In 1888 he was transferred from active service to the reserve due to political disputes with politicians from Chōshū. In November of that year, he retired from the service and became president of Gakushuin (an educational institution founded in 1877) in Tokyo.

In 1890 he became a member of the Kizokuin , the Japanese upper house of parliament, and was raised to the rank of Shishaku (vice count).

In 1895 he succeeded Inoue Kaoru as Prime Minister in Joseon . It has been suggested that Miura, together with the Korean old king Heungseon Daewongun, gave the order to assassinate the Korean queen Myeongseong . At a later trial, however, he was acquitted for lack of evidence.

Later, after the annexation of Korea by Japan in 1910, he became a member of the Secret Council and focused on mediation talks between the leaders of the political parties.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Modern China - An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism, p. 314 , Copyright: Wang Ke-Wen, 1998
2. ^ ^{A b} Frederick Arthur Mackenzie: The Tragedy of Korea , p. 74, EP DUTTON & CO., New York, 1908

literature

• Herbert B. Bix: Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan . Harper Perennial, 2001. ISBN 0060931302
• Peter Duus: The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910 (Twentieth-Century Japan - the Emergence of a World Power, 4). University of California Press, 1998. ISBN 0520213610 .
• Marius B. Jansen: The Making of Modern Japan . Belknap Press; New Ed edition, 2002. ISBN 0674009916
• Mikiso Hane: Modern Japan: A Historical Survey. Westview Press, 2001. ISBN 0813337569
• Donald Keane: Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852-1912 . Columbia University Press, 2005. ISBN 0231123418
• Richard Sims: Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation 1868-2000 . Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0312239157

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