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Chōshū Five

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The were members of the Chōshū han of western Japan who travelled to England in 1863 to study at University College London. [1]

33 relations: Alexander William Williamson, Bakumatsu, Cape of Good Hope, Chōshū Domain, Clipper, Endō Kinsuke, First Japanese Embassy to Europe (1862), Glasgow, Hugh Matheson (industrialist), Inoue Kaoru, Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat), Itō Hirobumi, Japan, Japan–United Kingdom relations, Japanese students in the United Kingdom, Jardine Matheson, Kanmon Straits, London, Matheson & Company, Meiji period, Opium, River Clyde, Robert Napier and Sons, Ryō, Sakoku, Shanghai, Shimonoseki Campaign, Thomas Blake Glover, Tokugawa shogunate, University College London, University of Strathclyde, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamao Yōzō.

Alexander William Williamson

Alexander William Williamson FRS (1 May 18246 May 1904) was an English chemist of Scottish descent.

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Bakumatsu

refers to the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended.

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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope (Kaap die Goeie Hoop, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Cabo da Boa Esperança) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.

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Chōshū Domain

The was a feudal domain of Japan during the Edo period (1603–1867).

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Clipper

A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the middle third of the 19th century, generally either a schooner or a brigantine.

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Endō Kinsuke

was a Japanese statesman in the early Meiji period.

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First Japanese Embassy to Europe (1862)

The First Japanese Embassy to Europe (Japanese:第1回遣欧使節, also 開市開港延期交渉使節団) was sent to Europe by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1862.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Hugh Matheson (industrialist)

Hugh Mackay Matheson (23 April 1821 – 8 February 1898) was a 19th-century Scottish industrialist, trader, Church of Scotland lay minister and supporter of Presbyterian church missions to China.

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Inoue Kaoru

, GCMG was a Japanese politician and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy during the Meiji period of the Empire of Japan.

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Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat)

Viscount was the first Director of Railways in Japan and is known as the "father of the Japanese railways".

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Itō Hirobumi

Prince was a Japanese statesman and genrō.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japan–United Kingdom relations

are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between Japan and the United Kingdom.

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Japanese students in the United Kingdom

The first Japanese students in the United Kingdom arrived in the nineteenth century, sent to study at University College London by the Chōshū and Satsuma domains, then the Bakufu (Shogunate).

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Jardine Matheson

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited, also known as Jardines, is a British conglomerate incorporated in Bermuda, with its primary listing on the Singapore Exchange.

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Kanmon Straits

The or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Matheson & Company

Matheson & Company was a London-based trading house closely associated with Jardine Matheson of Hong Kong and Jardine Skinner of Calcutta.

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Meiji period

The, also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Opium

Opium (poppy tears, with the scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy (scientific name: Papaver somniferum).

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River Clyde

The River Clyde (Abhainn Chluaidh,, Watter o Clyde) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland.

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Robert Napier and Sons

Messrs Robert Napier and Sons was a famous firm of Clyde shipbuilders and marine engineers at Govan, Glasgow founded by Robert Napier in 1826.

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Ryō

A was a gold currency unit in pre-Meiji Japan Shakkanhō system.

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Sakoku

was the isolationist foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate under which relations and trade between Japan and other countries were severely limited, nearly all foreigners were barred from entering Japan, and common Japanese people were kept from leaving the country for a period of over 220 years.

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Shanghai

Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.

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Shimonoseki Campaign

The refers to a series of military engagements in 1863 and 1864, fought to control Shimonoseki Straits of Japan by joint naval forces from Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and the United States, against the Japanese feudal domain of Chōshū, which took place off and on the coast of Shimonoseki, Japan.

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Thomas Blake Glover

Thomas Blake Glover (6 June 1838 – 16 December 1911) was a Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the, was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1600 and 1868.

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University College London

University College London (UCL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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University of Strathclyde

The University of Strathclyde is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.

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Yamao Yōzō

Viscount was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became an influential member of the Meiji era government of Japan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chōshū_Five

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