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Inoue Kaoru

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1880 (Meiji 13)

Inoue Kaoru (井上 馨 Inoue Kaoru, January 16, 1836 - September 1, 1915;) was a Japanese statesman.

Born Yukichi (勇吉) to a poor samurai family in Hagi (now in Yamaguchi Prefecture), Inoue attended to Han school with his brother Ikutarō (幾太郎).

In 1858, he studied Dutch Learning, gunnery and swordsmanship in Edo.

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