About Yoshida Kiyonari
Lived 1845 – 1891 (aged 46). Yoshida Kiyonari was a Japanese diplomat.
Yoshida Kiyonari (; died 3 August 1891) was a Japanese samurai and diplomatic envoy to the United States.
Early life and education In 1865, Yoshida was sent with Sameshima Naonobu and seventeen other samurai from Satsuma Domain to England to study Western science and technology. During 1867, Yoshida and Sameshima travelled with two others to the United States and joined the Brotherhood of the New Life, Thomas Lake Harris's Christian spiritual group. The following July, he registered at Wilbraham Academy (now Monson Academy) in Massachusetts and studied political economy.
He died after a period of illness of 3 August 1891.
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Who was Yoshida Kiyonari?
Japanese samurai and diplomat
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Yoshida Kiyonari was born on 21 March 1845.
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Yoshida Kiyonari died on 3 August 1891.
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Yoshida Kiyonari was a diplomat.
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Yoshida Kiyonari was Japanese.
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