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  Waldorf-Astoria - Baron Komura Fights For Peace
It was in the early summer of 1905 that Baron Jutaro Komura (afterward Count) arrived at the Waldorf-Astoria.
But now this much is known: that while Baron Komura was at first triumphantly planning for the conference, he was in-formed by the authorities at home that, in spite of Japan's almost unbroken string of military and naval victories, it was by no means sure of winning the war in a large sense.
Nulle saw Baron Komura there was a tense, solemn reticence about the man. Most of the time, however, he was shut up in his rooms, pouring out cable after cable in his frantic efforts to achieve a fairly triumphant treaty.
www.oldandsold.com /articles08/waldorf-astoria-12.shtml   (1752 words)

  
 As I Please -- Terada, Komura and Me: The Treaty of Portsmouth
He is often shown posing with 6' 7" Russian diplomat Sergius Witte and 5' 4" Jutaro Komura from Japan.
Komura was less comfortable with the press and unaccustomed to the ways of the West.
Among the artifacts was the chair used by Minister Komura during the treaty negotiations.
seacoastnh.com /arts/please060200.html   (1677 words)

  
 Komura Jutaro - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Komura Jutaro - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 Komura Jutaro --  Encyclopædia Britannica
in full Komura Jutaro, Koshaku (marquess) Japanese diplomat of the Meiji period and negotiator of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Komura returned to Japan and entered the Japanese Ministry of Justice (1880), later transferring to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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 Komura Jutaro -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Komura Jutaro -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Komura, Jutaro (小村 壽太郎, 1855 - 1911) was a (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japanese statesman.
He graduated from (American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)) Harvard in 1877, and entered the foreign office in (The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan) Tokyo in 1884.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ko/komura_jutaro.htm   (169 words)

  
 History / Latter-day,Modern
Jutaro Komura was one of the representative foreign ministers of the Meiji Era who played a role in the modernization of Japan.
Upon the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese war, Komura negotiated and concluded the Treaty of Portsmouth of 1905 and realized peace between Japan and Russia.
Komura hails from what is now Nichinan City of Miyazaki Prefecture.
www.mofa.go.jp /policy/economy/summit/2000/outline/eng/miyazaki/miy0302.html   (166 words)

  
 JUTARO, COUNT KOMURA - LoveToKnow Article on JUTARO, COUNT KOMURA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
JUTARO, COUNT KOMURA - LoveToKnow Article on JUTARO, COUNT KOMURA
He resigned his portfolio in 1906 and became privy councillor, from which post he was transferred to the embassy in London, but he returned to Tokyo in 1908 and resumed the portfolio of foreign affairs in the second Katsura cabinet.
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27.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KO/KOMURA_JUTARO_COUNT.htm   (141 words)

  
 Treaty of Portsmouth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05.
It was signed on September 5, 1905 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, by Sergius Witte and Roman Rosen for Russia, and by Komura Jutaro and Takahira Kogoro for Japan.
Fyodor Martens and other diplomats from both nations stayed in New Castle, New Hampshire, at the grand Hotel Wentworth by the Sea, and were ferried to negotiations held across the Piscataqua River on the base located in Kittery, Maine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Treaty_of_Portsmouth   (472 words)

  
 PhotoPostcards :: Japan-America Relations :: 6
The Japanese handwriting in-between is only correspondence and not part of the original postcard which has a postmark dated Aug. 30, 1905.
Harvard-educated Jutaro Komura was a star in Japan's Foreign Ministry and a successful diplomat in Washington DC and Peking.
Komura also was instrumental in having Japan form an alliance with Great Britain in 1902.
photojpn.org /postcards/jpnusa/ja6   (476 words)

  
 History of Korea: Challenges of Modernization
Home Minister Yu Giljun, meanwhile, conferred with Japanese Minister Komura Jutaro concerning countermeasures that might be taken against Russia.
At dawn on February 11, 1896, King Gojong and the Crown Prince went to the Russian legation to escape the Japanese menace, and were protected by guards provided by other legations as well.
Japanese Minister Komura called on Russian Minister Speyer at the Russian legation and requested that the King return to the royal palace, but King Gojong refused, knowing that he had chosen the lesser of two evils.
www.koreaaward.com /korea/history_ChallengesOfModernization_06.htm   (784 words)

  
 Komura kleverness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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www.thingsthatstartwithk.com /komura.html   (176 words)

  
 Korea - Challenges of Modernization
Home Minister Yu Kil-chun, meanwhile, conferred with Japanese Minister Komura Jutaro concerning countermeasures that might be taken against Russia.
At dawn on February 11, 1896, King Kojong and the Crown Prince went to the Russian legation to escape the Japanese menace, and were protected by guards provided by other legations as well.
Japanese Minister Komura called on Russian Minister Speyer at the Russian legation and requested that the King return to the royal palace, but King Kojong refused, knowing that he had chosen the lesser of two evils.
www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/korea/history/challenges_of_modernization.htm   (5415 words)

  
 komura jutaro - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Japanese dictionary of history and traditions #32   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
explanation: Treaty concluded between Japanese plenipotentiary, Komura Jutaro and Russian counter part Sergei Witte in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1905 after Russo-Japanese war.
It stipulates that Russia should cede southern Sakhalin, Liaotung peninsula with port Arthur and southern Manchuria railroads to Japan, and recognize Japanese preponderance on Korea.
Komura, unable to get an indemnity from Russia, it provoked a great number of manifestations all over Japan.
www.hikyaku.com /dico/histxtg31.html   (688 words)

  
 Griffis Collection Pilot Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The essays extant in the Griffis Collection, over 340 in number, cover a range of topics of personal, historical and cultural interest, and vividly depict the interest (and to some degree the frictions) of these early days of cross-cultural contact.
In this pilot project, two of these essays, the autobiography of Komura Jutaro and an essay on the Japanese theater by a student named Isono, appear in electronic rendition.
The manuscript essays in this project, by Komura, Isono and Sugi, have been encoded according to the Guidelines of the TEI (Text Encoding Initiative).
www.ceth.rutgers.edu /projects/griffis/project.htm   (1250 words)

  
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Home Minister Yu Kil-jun, meanwhile, conferred with Japanese Minister Komura Jutaro concerning countermeasures that might be taken against Russia.
At dawn on February 11, 1896, Kojong and the Crown Prince went to the Russian legation to escape the Japanese menace, and were protected by guards provided by other legations as well.
Japanese Minister Komura called on Russian Minister Speyer at the Russian Legation and requested that the emperor return to the royal palace, but Emperor Kojong refused, knowing that he had chosen the lesser of two evils.
www.pennfamily.org /KSS-USA/hist-map8.html   (5560 words)

  
 As I Please -- Terada, Komura and Me: The Treaty of Portsmouth
Like so many kids, I never much liked History in school.
Witte soothed the Japanese by announcing, "There are no victors here." Komura would likely not have agreed.
Having done his government's bidding, Terada explained to me, Komura returned home to angry Japanese mobs.
www.seacoastnh.com /arts/please060200.html   (1677 words)

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Komura Jutaro
ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Komura Jutaro
Jutaro Komura (1855-1911), Japanese diplomat who represented his country in peace negotiations following the Russo-Japanese War.
Help with Spanish, French, German, and Italian homework.
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 AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: JUTARO KOMURA - SIGNATURE(S) 01/23/1899 CO-SIGNED BY:CHIN PAM YE , JAMES SMITH JR.
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: JUTARO KOMURA - SIGNATURE(S) 01/23/1899 CO-SIGNED BY:CHIN PAM YE, JAMES SMITH JR.
In 1905, Japanese Foreign Minister Jutaro Komura (1855-1911) signed the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War.
During his diplomatic career, he represented Japan in London, Washington, Beijing, Seoul and St. Petersburg.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/6_2004/leaders/87036-JUTARO-KOMURA.htm   (164 words)

  
 Language that Crosses Cultural Barriers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
I had no idea the Japanese language was so similar to French." Ishii was a man of some historical significance; his name is on the Ishii-Lansing Agreement of 1917 between Japan and the U.S. But his linguistic ability still left something to be desired.
Komura Jutaro, who was Japan's ambassador plenipotentiary to the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1905, could speak English.
So could Shidehara Kijuro, who participated in the Washington Conference in 1921.
www.honco.net /archive/980803.html   (3588 words)

  
 TopFoto Gallery Russo-Japanese War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed on September 5, 1905 at the Portsmouth Naval Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, by Sergius Witte and Roman Rosen (for Russia) and Komura Jutaro and Takahira Kogoro (for Japan), ending the Russo-Japanese War." src="images/thumbs/0858075.jpg" border="0">
Theodore Roosevelt (centre) with the Russian and Japanese peacemakers.
Sunken Japanese blockading ships at the harbour entrance of Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War 1904-5.
www.scotfocus.com /gallery/russojapanesewar/default.htm   (1963 words)

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