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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). Many went on to study at
Cambridge University and a smaller number at
Oxford University until the end of the
Meiji period . The primary motive for this was an effort to modernise Japan in the long run. Since the 1980s,
Japanese students in the
United Kingdom have become common thanks to cheaper
air travel .
At
University College London supervised by Professor
Alexander William Williamson
Satsuma students (1865)
15 Satsuma students, one from Tosa and one from Nagasaki, and 4 supervisors (ometsuke ). This group also studied at
University College London which was open to students of
all religions.
Niiro Hisanobu (Niiro Chuzō) - Leader of Students,
Karō of
Satsuma-Han
Matsuki Kōan (later Terashima Munenori) - Minister of
Foreign Affairs , and Minister of Education
Godai Tomoatsu (Godai Saisuke) - Founder of Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and
Osaka Securities Exchange
Mori Arinori - 1st Minister of Education, Founder of
Hitotsubashi University
Machida Hisanari - Ōmetsuke of Satsuma-Han, 1st Curator of Imperial Museum of Japan (later
Tokyo National Museum )
Machida Shinsirō - brother of Machida Hisanari
Machida Seizō (later Takarabe Saneyuki) - brother of Machida Hisanari
Hatakeyaka Hatanosuke (later Hatakeyama Yoshinari) - head of Kaisei Gakkō (開成学校, one of predecessor of
University of Tokyo ), member of
Iwakura Mission
Murahashi Hisanari - founder of brewery of Kaitakushi (Hokkaido Development Commission), later
Sapporo Brewery
Asakura Moriaki (later Asakura Moriaki) redeveloper of
Ikuno Silver Mine
Sameshima Naonobu - Envoy to France
Matsumura Junzō - Vice Admiral of
Imperial Japanese Navy , Director of
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
Takami Yaichi (former Ōishi Danzō) formerly
rōnin of
Tosa-Han , assassin of
Yoshida Tōyō
Yoshida Kiyonari - Envoy to USA
Isonaga Hirosuke (later Nagasawa Kanaye) - winemaker of Fountain Grove Winery in California
Nakamura Hironari (or Nakamura Hakuai) - Ministry to Belgium, member of
House of Peers
Hori Takayuki - Interpreter of Dutch language in Nagasaki
Nagoya Tokinari
Togo Ainoshin - died in
Boshin War
Bakufu students (1866)
Supervisors:
Students: (12)
Students in the Meiji era
Cambridge University
Oxford University
Naval trainees
Other
After World War II
Naruhito, Emperor of Japan , Oxford
Masako, Empress of Japan , Oxford
Aiko, Princess Toshi , Eton
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan , Oxford
Mako Komuro , University of Edinburgh, University of Leicester
Princess Kako of Akishino , University of Leeds
Prince Tomohito of Mikasa , Oxford
Princess Tomohito of Mikasa , Rosslyn College
Princess Akiko of Mikasa , Oxford
Hisako, Princess Takamado , Cambridge
Princess Tsuguko of Takamado , University of Edinburgh
Katsuhiko Oku , Oxford
Hisashi Owada , Cambridge
see also:
"For Japan’s royals, studying abroad is freedom"
[1]
See also
References
Cobbing, Andrew. The Japanese Discovery of Victorian Britain . RoutledgeCurzon, London, 1998.
ISBN
1-873410-81-6
Cobbing, Andrew. The Satsuma Students in Britain: Japan's Early Search for the Essence of the West . Curzon Press, 2000.
ISBN
1-873410-97-2
Japanese Students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era, 1868-1912: Pioneers for the Modernization of Japan , by Noboru Koyama, translated by Ian Ruxton
[1] , (Lulu Press, September 2004,
ISBN
1-4116-1256-6 ).
Gardiner, Michael. At the Edge of Empire: The Life of Thomas B. Glover . Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2007.
ISBN
1-84158-544-0
The History of the satsuma students
[2] , by Satsuma Students Museum