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Yanagiwara Sakimitsu

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Count Yanagiwara Sakimitsu (柳原前光, 4 May 1850 – 2 September 1894) was a Japanese statesman and diplomat. He is the father of the poet and novelist Byakuren Yanagiwara.

Yanagiwara Sakimitsu

He was born in Kyoto to the prominent Yanagiwara family. His sister was Yanagihara Naruko, a concubine of the Emperor Meiji and the mother of Emperor Taishō.

Upon Meiji Restoration, Yanagiwara entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1872, he arrived in Tientsin on a mission of looking into the probability of a treaty between China and Japan.[1] From 1874, he served as Minister Plenipotentiary to China.

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  1. ^ Kitaoka Shinichi (10 October 2018). The Political History of Modern Japan: Foreign Relations and Domestic Politics. p. 4. ISBN 9780429808463.
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