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 Kuroda Kiyotaka 1840-1900  ::Modernization::  Made contribution to Meiji Japan in areas of colonization Kiyotaka's effort to make Japan an imperial power resulted in great expansion of Japanese empire Removed Tokugawa Shogunate Expand OUT!

Hokkaido  & Korea

They hold the answers  to our country's SUCCESS

**INFORMATION**
 * 2nd Prime Minister of Japan from 30 April 1888 to 25 October 1889.
 * Born in Samurai Class
 * Became a member of the Satsuma Choshu to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate
 * Military leader of Boshin War
 * Traveled to Europe and United States for five months, he was put in charge of colonization efforts in Hokkaido
 * Kuroda was sent as an envoy to Korea in 1975 to negotiate the Treaty of Gwanghwa in 1876
 * Opened Korea's port
 * Brought Satsuma and Choshu clans together
 * Believed that
 * Major developments in technology should start from where people need it the most
 * Needed to be limits on the amount of change done at one time
 * Wise choices allow solid ideals to grow

Bibliography 
 * [|Borthwick, Mark. //Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia//. 3 ed. Oxford: Westview Press, 2007]
 * "Kiyotaka Kuroda." //World History: The Modern Era //<span style="color: #2d3835; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;">. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 6 May 2012.