Mutsu Munemitsu
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Statues of Mutsu (right) and Ito Hirobumi at Shimonoseki
Mutsu Munemitsu (陸奥 宗光 Mutsu Munemitsu, 1844-97) was a Japanese politician and diplomat who was a foreign minister in Ito Hirobumi's cabinet in 1892. He played an important role in the diplomacy of Sino-Japanese war, negotiating the Treaty of Shimonoseki in April 1895 with Ito. He wrote his personal diplomatic memoir Kenkenroku(蹇蹇録) after the treaty was signed to explain his views and actions. This has been translated.