Kiuchi Jūshirō

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kiuchi.

Kiuchi Jūshirō (木内 重四郎, 26 January 1866 – 9 January 1925) was a Japanese politician. He was educated at Chiba Middle School and Chiba First High School, and later graduated from Imperial Tokyo University's Department of Political Science. In 1906, while serving as a Japanese representative in Korea, Kiuchi made a bet with Durham Stevens, an American advisor to the Korean government, about the length of time before Japan would annex Korea. Kiuchi expected it would only take three years; Stevens' guess of five years would prove to be more nearly correct, as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty was signed in mid-1910. In January 1909, Kiuchi was one of a number of politicians who brought pressure to bear against Itō Hirobumi and his allegedly soft policies towards Korea, urging that Japan should exercise direct rule there; it was suggested that Kiuchi took this position due to his dissatisfaction with being shifted from Vice-Minister of Home Affairs to Vice-Minister of Agriculture. He later served as a member of the House of Peers and then from 1916–1918 as governor of Kyoto Prefecture.

Kiuchi Jūshirō

Ichikawa City's Kiuchi Gallery

Kiuchi's former residence, located in Ichikawa, Chiba, was maintained as a historical building and tourist attraction for some years, but was being considered for dismantling as of 2001.

References

Sources

• Duus, Peter (1995). The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895–1910. University of California Press. pp. 201. ISBN 0-520-21361-0.
• Fujiya, Y.; Nakata M.; Onda T. (July 2001). "Emergency survey on dismantling of former residence of Kiuchi Jushiro in the hells of Kounodai, Ichikawa City". Journal of Architecture and Building Science. 116 (1474): 243–8. ISSN 0003-8555.
• "市川市木内ギャラリー (Ichikawa City's Kiuchi Gallery)". Municipal Government of Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2007.