Takenouchi Yasunori (1806 - March 3, 1867) was a Japanese Samurai Lord during
Bakumatsu
was the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended. Between 1853 and 1867, Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the modern empire of the Meiji government ...
period.
Takenouchi was governor of
Shimotsuke Province
was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Tochigi Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''SHimotsuke''" in . Shimotsuke was bordered by Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Hitachi Province, ...
, and in 1862 became the head of the
Japanese mission to Europe. In 1864, he retired from active government service.
External links
Leszek Sosnowski, "Objects and ideas: Japan and Europe in the nineteenth century" ''MASKA'' 2017{{Japan-politician-stub
1806 births
1867 deaths