Background
He was born January 19, 1857 in Hirosaki, Aomori.
珍田 捨巳
He was born January 19, 1857 in Hirosaki, Aomori.
DePauw University.
In 1877 he went to study at DePauw University. He got his Bachelor of Arts in 1881, and Master of Arts in 1884. From 1890 to 1894, Chinda served as Japanese Consul in San Francisco, California.
In 1897 Chinda was appointed first Japanese Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil, following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states in 1895.
He served as Japanese Ambassador to Germany from 1908 to 1911, to the United States from 1912 to 1916 and to the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1920, during which time he also took part in the Japanese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. He was also a Methodist minister.
