Background
Masanari Komaki was born in Satsuma Province (Kagoshima Prefecture) in 1843.
Masanari Komaki was born in Satsuma Province (Kagoshima Prefecture) in 1843.
Masanari Komaki studied the Chinese classics under Tom Shionoya at Edo to become a teacher at Zoshikan school of his clan.
After the Meiji Restoration (1868) Masanari Komaki served in several ministries as a clerk, then Secretary to Cabinet Ministers, Governor of Nara and Ehime prefectures to become Director of Imperial Museum. Later delivered lectures on Chinese classics at the Imperial Palace.
Masanari Komaki was nominated member of House of Peers.