Katsu Kaishu
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Katsu Kaishu (勝 海舟 Katsu Kaishū, 1823-99) was a stateman in Japan in the late shogunate period who held an important part in the Tokugawa shogunate in rare occasions. He is particularly known for his role in the surrender of Edo. Kaishu was not his courtesy name.
Born in Edo in a family of Hatamoto, Kaishu served to the Tokugawa shogunate.
After the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, he was given an official post in the new Meiji government. He is also notable as the captain of the Kanrin Maru on its diplomatic mission to the United States. The Kanrin Maru was Japan's first steam-powered warship, and its use was meant as a signal that Japan had mastered western sailing and shipbuilding technology.
External link
Photographs of Katsu Kaishu (http://thebakumatsu.tripod.com/pictures.html)
ja:勝海舟