Yamao Yozo

Yamao Yozo

nihongo|Yamao Yozo|山尾 庸三|Yamao Yozo|1837–1917 was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became an influential member of the Meiji era government of Japan. He was also a member of the Chōshū Five, smuggled out of Nagasaki in 1863 to study in Great Britain.

Early life

Yamamo was born in Akiu, a village in Suo Province of Chōshū domain (present day Yamaguchi prefecture), and had received the traditional training of a "samurai" at a private school in Edo.

tudy in Scotland

Yamao lived in Glasgow between 1866 and 1868. During this period he lived in the home of Colin Brown, and worked at Napier's shipyard on the Clyde. At the same time he attended evening classes at Anderson's College (now the University of Strathclyde) together with Henry Dyer.

Return to Japan

After returning to Japan, Yamao joined the Meiji government and was for a while in charge of the Yokohama Shipyards (later part of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries. By the time Henry Dyer reached Japan in 1873, Yamao was Acting Vice Minister of Public Works and as such was responsible for setting up the Imperial College of Engineering (ICE) as well as the Imperial College of Art, and "Kobu Daigakko", which later became the Department of Technology at Tokyo Imperial University-and served as President of the Japan Engineering Society for 36 years. He also set up a school for the blind and deaf.

Yamao assumed the office of rector of the ICE and was a strong advocate of the need for technical education to support the industrialization of Japan. Henry Dyer and Yamao had an extremely good relationship during this period, strengthened by the bond of their common background.

Yamao was elevated to the rank of "hakushaku" (count) in the "kazoku" peerage system.

Auld Lang Syne

It has been claimed that Yamao introduced the well known Scottish song "Auld Lang Syne" to Japan where it is called "Hotaru no Hikari" (The Light of the Fireflies) and is sung at high school graduation ceremonies.

Reference and further reading

* Beasley, W. G. "The Meiji Restoration." Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1972.
* Cobbing, Andrew. "The Japanese Discovery of Victorian Britain". RoutledgeCurzon, London, 1998. ISBN 1-873410-81-6
* Craig, Albert M. "Chōshū in the Meiji Restoration." Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961.

External links

* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/r.hunter/hd/Yamao%20Yozo.htm Yozo Yamao (1837-1917)]


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