The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 3)Kaneko Kentarō
Edited by James Kanda and William A. Gifford
MN 37:3 (1982) pp. 289–316
Kaneko Kentarō, 1853-1942, was a distinguished diplomat, statesman, scholar, and jurist. As a young man he was chosen by Itō Hirobumi in 1884 to join the commission to draft the Meiji Constitution. He traveled to the United States and Europe several times; in 1892, for example, at Geneva he argued Japan’s case for Treaty
Revision, and during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, he was a special envoy in the United States, where he strove to promote a better understanding of Japan’s position. From 1906 he was Privy Councilor and served successively under Emperors Melfi, Taisho, and Showa. He was created Count in 1934 in recognition of his work as head of the commission to compile the official biography of Emperor Meiji.
