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lished a naval school in Kobe and served as the Tokugawa government’s
chief naval engineer. In March 1868, he avoided a potentially
devastating war in Edo between Tokugawa warriors and imperial
forces led by Satsuma and Choshu by negotiating a peaceful surrender
of the city. From 1873 to 1875, he served as deputy minister
and then minister of the navy in the Meiji government, and continued
to hold government posts until his death. See also BOSHIN WAR;
MEIJI RESTORATION; SAKUMA, SHOZAN.
KIDDER, MARY EDDY (1834–1910). American missionary and educator.
Arriving in Japan during the late 1860s as a teacher and missionary
for the Dutch Reformed Church of America, Mary Eddy Kidder
founded a school for Japanese girls, and then established Ferris
Women’s College in Yokohama in 1870. Now known as Ferris University,
this was the first college for women established in Japan. See
also YATOI.
KIDO, KOIN (ALSO KNOWN AS KIDO, TAKAYOSHI; 1833–
1877). A samurai from Choshu domain, Kido studied with Shoin
Yoshida and became a leader in the imperial restoration and anti-
Tokugawa shogunate movements. Kido helped negotiate an alliance
between Choshu and Satsuma domains in 1866, and the
Satsuma–Choshu-led forces overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate in
early 1868. He served in a number of Meiji government positions
until his death, including as an ambassador with the Iwakura Mission
to the United States and Europe. See also MEIJI ERA; MEIJI
RESTORATION.
KISHI, NOBUSUKE (1896–1987). The politician Nosubuke Kishi was
born in Yamaguchi prefecture. After graduating from the Law Department
of Tokyo Imperial University, he became a bureaucrat in the
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1935, he was made chief
of the Engineering Works Department. In 1936, he became deputy director
of Manchukuo Business Department and he promoted the fiveyear
plan for Manchu industrial development. Kishi returned to Japan
in 1939 and was promoted to vice minister of commerce and industry.
Along with the vice minister of health and welfare, Kishi announced
a plan to bring 85,000 Korean workers to Japan as forced laborers in