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Viscount Aoki Shūzō (青木 周蔵, 3 March 1844 – 16 February 1914) was a Japanese politician and diplomat who served as Foreign Minister during the Meiji era.
Description. Diplomat. Born in Yamaguchi, a physician's son. He studied at the caln school Meirinkan in Hagi. After medical training in Nagasaki, he was sent by the clan to study in Germany in 1868. He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1873. After serving as first secretary at the Ministry, he became minister to Germany in the next year.
Founded in 1717, Aoki Shuzo has a 300 year history of making fine sake, carried on today by the 12th generation descendant of the founder, Takafumi Aoki. The brewery is located in Shiozawa, a section of the famed Uonuma rice growing region said to have the best quality well water of the entire area.
The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (日英通商航海条約, Nichi-Ei Tsūshō Kōkai Jōyaku) signed by Britain and Japan, on 16 July 1894, was a breakthrough agreement; it heralded the end of the unequal treaties and the system of extraterritoriality in Japan. The treaty came into force on 17 July 1899.
English: Viscount Aoki Shūzō (青木 周蔵, March 3, 1844 – February 16, 1914) was a Japanese diplomat and politician during the Meiji era, and a retainer of the Mōri clan. 日本語: 子爵 青木 周蔵 ／ 靑木 周藏 （あおき しゅうぞう、天保15年1月15日（1844年3月3日） – 大正3年（1914年）2月16日）は明治時代の日本の外交官、政治家。 旧長州藩士。 号は 琴城 。 Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. *
Though Aoki Shūzō was in many ways a Germanophile, there is a strong current running through his diplomatic career of concern with Britain, particularly with regard to the 'unequal' treaties. Author: Gow, Ian
Oct 4, 2006 · Portrait of Aoki Shuzo (青木周蔵, 1844 – 1914) Date: before 1914. Source: Japanese book Kinsei Meishi Shashin vol.1 ...
