10 Facts About Yamao Yozo

Viscount Yamao Yozo was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became an influential member of the Meiji era government of Japan.

Yamao Yozo was born in Aio-Futajima, a village in Choshu domain, and received a traditional training as a Samurai.

Yamao Yozo was eager to learn science, and entered the Egawa School in Edo, then continued studying under Takeda Hishisaburo, a samurai engineer at Hakodate.

Yamao Yozo lived in the home of Colin Brown, a friend of Hugh Matheson, and attended evening classes at Anderson's College .

Brown remembered that Yamao worked hard everyday from early in the morning for future of Japan at Glasgow, and could not help but call Yamao a "real hero" when he was informed that Yamao took a position of responsibility in the Meiji government by C A McVean.

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Yamao Yozo first took charge of the Yokosuka Shipyard and Yokohama Iron-works.

Yamao Yozo successfully established the college, which was officially renamed the Imperial College of Engineering in 1877.

Yamao Yozo set up a school for the blind and deaf and is said to have introduced the idea of sign language to Japan.

Yamao Yozo was elevated to the rank of shishaku in the kazoku peerage system.

Yamao Yozo has surely used to listen to this song at Colin Brown's home and it is possible that Yamao Yozo introduced Auld Lang Syne to Japan where it is called Hotaru no Hikari and is sung at high school graduation ceremonies.