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Viscount , was a lieutenant general
Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
 in the early Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army , or literally Army of Empire of Greater Japan was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945....
.

a was born in Choshu
Nagato Province

, often called , was a Provinces of Japan of Japan. It was at the extreme western end of Honshu, in the area that is today Yamaguchi prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami Province and Suo Provinces....
 domain (modern Yamaguchi Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi located in the center of the Prefecture: The largest city, by contrast, is Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi....
), to a samurai
Samurai

is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial society Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character ? was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau....
 of the Hagi
Hagi

Hagi may refer to:* Japanese bush clover or Lespedeza* Hagi, Yamaguchi, a city in Japan** Hagi ware, a type of pottery originating in Hagi* Gheorghe Hagi, a Romanian football player...
 clan. After studying at the Meirinkan
Meirinkan

was a han school located in the Choshu Domain of Japan. The school was one of the three major educational institutions in Japan, along with the Kodokan in Mito Domain and Shizutani School in Okayama Domain....
 clan military academy, he entered the Kiheitai
Kiheitai

The was a volunteer militia raised by Choshu Domain domain during the Bakumatsu period of Japan.Founded in 1863 by Takasugi Shinsaku, the Kiheitai militia consisted of 300-400 men, who came from all social classes, including farmers, merchants, samurai and others....
 irregular militia of the Choshu domain and played an active role in the Boshin War
Boshin War

The was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Emperor of Japan....
 to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu. He later held various posts in Army-Navy Ministry and was commander of the Hiroshima
Hiroshima

The Japanese city of is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands....
 District.






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Viscount , was a lieutenant general
Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
 in the early Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army , or literally Army of Empire of Greater Japan was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945....
.

Biography

Miura was born in Choshu
Nagato Province

, often called , was a Provinces of Japan of Japan. It was at the extreme western end of Honshu, in the area that is today Yamaguchi prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami Province and Suo Provinces....
 domain (modern Yamaguchi Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi located in the center of the Prefecture: The largest city, by contrast, is Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi....
), to a samurai
Samurai

is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial society Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character ? was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau....
 of the Hagi
Hagi

Hagi may refer to:* Japanese bush clover or Lespedeza* Hagi, Yamaguchi, a city in Japan** Hagi ware, a type of pottery originating in Hagi* Gheorghe Hagi, a Romanian football player...
 clan. After studying at the Meirinkan
Meirinkan

was a han school located in the Choshu Domain of Japan. The school was one of the three major educational institutions in Japan, along with the Kodokan in Mito Domain and Shizutani School in Okayama Domain....
 clan military academy, he entered the Kiheitai
Kiheitai

The was a volunteer militia raised by Choshu Domain domain during the Bakumatsu period of Japan.Founded in 1863 by Takasugi Shinsaku, the Kiheitai militia consisted of 300-400 men, who came from all social classes, including farmers, merchants, samurai and others....
 irregular militia of the Choshu domain and played an active role in the Boshin War
Boshin War

The was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Emperor of Japan....
 to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu. He later held various posts in Army-Navy Ministry and was commander of the Hiroshima
Hiroshima

The Japanese city of is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands....
 District. During the Satsuma Rebellion
Satsuma Rebellion

The , was a revolt of Satsuma han ex-samurai against the Meiji government from January 29, 1877 to September 24,1877, 11 years into the Meiji Era. It was the last, and the most serious, of a series of armed uprisings against the new government....
, he served as commander of the Army's Third Brigade.

In 1884, he accompanied Oyama Iwao
Oyama Iwao

was a Japanese Field Marshal , and one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army....
 on a tour of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, to study the military systems in various western countries. In 1888, after coming into conflict with politicians in the Choshu clan clique, he was transferred from active duty to the reserves. In November of the same year, he retired and became president of Gakushuin
Gakushuin

File:Gakushuin in 1933.JPGThe or Peers School is an educational institution founded in Tokyo in 1877, during the Meiji period, for the education of the children of the Kazoku, though it eventually also opened its doors to the offspring of extremely wealthy commoners....
 Peers’ School.

In 1890, Miura was appointed a member of the House of Peers
House of Peers

The was the upper house of the Diet of Japan as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan .Ito Hirobumi and the other Meiji period leaders deliberately modeled the chamber on the United Kingdom House of Lords, as a counterweight to the popularly elected House of Representatives of Japan ....
, and elevated in title to shishaku (viscount
Viscount

A 'viscount' is a member of the European nobility whose count title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl or a count ....
) under the kazoku
Kazoku

The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan that existed between 1869 and 1947....
  peerage system.

In 1895, Miura was appointed Japan’s resident minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary in Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
, succeeding Inoue Kaoru
Inoue Kaoru

Count was a Japanese statesman and a member of the Meiji oligarchy that ruled Japan during the Meiji period ....
. As the political situation in Korea became increasingly unsettled, Due to the international outrage over the death of Empress Myeongseong
Empress Myeongseong

Empress Myeongseong , was the first official wife of Gojong of Korea, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. In 1902, she received the posthumous name Hyoja Wonseong Jeonghwa Hapcheon Myeongseong Taehwanghu , often abbreviated as Myeongseong Hwanghu , meaning Empress Myeongseong....
. Miura was recalled and put on trial with the involved military personnel at the Hiroshima District Court where they were found not guilty on the grounds of lack of evidence.

Later, after the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty

The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty was signed on August 22, 1910 by the representatives of the Korean Empire and Empire of Japans, and was proclaimed to the public on August 29, officially starting the Korea under Japanese rule in Korea....
 in 1910, Miura became a privy councilor
Privy Council (Japan)

was an advisory council to the Emperor of Japan that operated from 1888 to 1947.Modeled in part upon the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, this body advised the throne on matters of grave importance including: proposed amendments to the 1889 Imperial Household Law and the Constitution of the Empire of Japan; matters of constitutional interp...
 and focused on mediating talks among the heads of the political parties
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 to protect the Meiji Constitution
Meiji Constitution

The , more commonly known as the 'Imperial' or 'Meiji Constitution', was the fundamental law of the Empire of Japan from 29 November 1890 until 2 May 1947....
.

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