1. Prince Konoe Atsumaro was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era.
10 Facts About Konoe Atsumaro
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Konoe Atsumaro served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushuin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan.
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Konoe Atsumaro was the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe and the great-grandfather of Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa.
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From 1885 to 1890, Konoe Atsumaro visited Europe, attending the University of Bonn and University of Leipzig in Germany.
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Later Konoe Atsumaro served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers, presiding over its 10th through 18th sessions from 3 October 1896 to 4 December 1903.
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Domestically, Konoe Atsumaro was a strong critic of clan-based politics, which continued to dominate the political scene in Japan.
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In terms of foreign policy, Konoe Atsumaro was a central figure in the Pan-Asian movement.
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Konoe Atsumaro established a Pan-Asian political movement called the East Asia Common Culture Society which promoted mutual understanding and improvement in relations between Japan and China after the First Sino-Japanese War.
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Konoe Atsumaro personally urged that Japan declare war on Russia, but died before the start of the Russo-Japanese War in late 1904.
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Konoe Atsumaro's grave is at the Konoe family cemetery at Daitoku-ji in Kyoto.