Background
Kaishu Kimura was born in 1830.
Kaishu Kimura was born in 1830.
Kaishu Kimura was sent to Nagasaki to supervise naval training there (1856) and later placed in command of the fleet that carried missionaries to America (1860). Upon return was appointed head of the Naval Office and then became High Commissioner of its financial bureau. He retired in 1868 and called himself Kaishu.