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Count Katsu Yasuyoshi (勝 安芳) (born Katsu Yoshikuni (勝 義邦); March 12, 1823—January 21, 1899, best known by his nickname Katsu Kaishū (勝 海舟)) was a Japanese statesman, naval engineer and military commander during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period.
Jan 13, 2012 · Katsu Kaishū (勝海舟, 1823-1899) was born in Edo (江戸, in modern-day Sumida-ku, Tokyo). Throughout his life he used a lot of aliases and was also known as Katsu Rintarō (勝麟太郎), Katsu Yoshikuni (勝義邦), Awa (安房) from his title Awa-no-kami (安房守) and after the Meiji Restoration as Katsu Yasuyoshi (勝安芳).
Count Katsu Kaishū was a Japanese naval officer who reformed his country’s navy and played a mediatory role in the Meiji Restoration—the overthrow in 1868 of the shogun (hereditary military dictator of Japan) and restoration of power to the emperor.
May 5, 2021 · Learn about Katsu Kaishu, a former samurai who negotiated the surrender of Edo Castle to the new Meiji government in 1868. The Ota City Katsu Kaishu Memorial Museum displays his letters, quotes, and a replica of his villa.
Jul 11, 2022 · Count Katsu Kaishū, (Hakushaku), also called Katsu Yoshikuni, or Katsu Awa was born on March 12, 1823, in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan. He was a Japanese naval officer who worked towards improving the country’s defense department.
Vassal of the Shogun, statesman. Born in Tokyo. He studied at the Navy Officer Training School in Nagasaki. He mastered Western studies through Dutch, and Western military science, and went to the United States as captain of the Kanrin Maru in 1860. In 1862, he became gunkan bugyo narabi.
Jan 14, 2022 · Katsu Kaishû is considered the "father" of the modern Imperial Japanese Navy. Kaishû was born in Edo in 1823 /1, the eldest son of low-ranking hatamoto Katsu Kokichi , and in his youth attended classes in Western studies and then studied naval science from the Dutch naval detachment in Nagasaki .
