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was a Japanese diplomat before and during World War II.


Biography

Mushanokōji was the third son in the 10th generation of aristocratic Mushanokōji family and born in
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, Chiyoda, Japan. He graduated from the Law School of
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. His younger brother was wse delegation to the Eleventh Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the
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, and the delegation to the Special Session of the Assembly Convened in Virtue of Article 15 of the Covenant at the Request of the Republic of China Government. From 1929 to 1933 served as Japanese Ambassador to Sweden and non-resident Ambassador to Finland, and in that capacity signed on behalf of the Japanese government the
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(April 12, 1930). Served as Japanese Ambassador to Germany from 1934 to 1937, and in that capacity signed the
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as representative of Japan. He was also a
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. He received the Grand Cross of the
Royal Order of the Polar Star The Royal Order of the Polar Star ( Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of ...
(Sweden) in 1933. After the Second World War, he was purged from public office by the occupation authorities. From 1952 to 1955 served as chairman of the Japanese-German Society.


See also

* List of Ambassadors of Japan to Finland *
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mushakoji, Kintomo 1882 births 1962 deaths People from Chiyoda, Tokyo Kazoku Ambassadors of Japan to Sweden Ambassadors of Japan to Finland Ambassadors of Japan to Germany Japanese anti-communists Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany