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 * KURODA KIYOTAKA **



= = = "Unexplored opportunities Spread wide." =

//Do you want something new? Do you want somewhere with more space and peace? Do you want to settle your own island? How about Hokkaido?

Do you want to be strong? Do you want to be more powerful?// //Do you want to be part of the honorable army?//  Discover the undiscovered land of the North. The great former samurais and soldiers, come and be part of the honorable army. 


 * Kuroda Kiyotaka:

Kuroda Kiyota was the one who advocated the invasion of Korea. He also mad the treat with Korea, Treaty of Ganghwa. He was the advocate of quick development in Northern frontier. He wanted internal colonziation and was called the Hokaido Colonization officer. He also wanted to increase in military power and modernized military. He has studied in Germany and invited agricultural experts from outside countries who had the same climate and environment with Hokaido. He organized the colonial militia **by gathering unemployed ex-samurais and retired soldiers. He was also a strict officer who supported absolutism. He killed a British national for not bowing down to //daimyo's// procession.

Work Cited:
 * "Count Kuroda Kiyotaka (prime minister of Japan) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia." //Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2010. .
 * "Kuroda, Kiyotaka." //Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures//. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2010. .
 * "Wapedia - Wiki: Kuroda Kiyotaka." //Wapedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2010. .