Background
He was born into the Chōshū clan at Hagi, Yamaguchi, the son of Katsuyuki Inoue. Masaru Inoue was brought up as the son of a samurai belonging to the Chōshū fief.
井上 勝
He was born into the Chōshū clan at Hagi, Yamaguchi, the son of Katsuyuki Inoue. Masaru Inoue was brought up as the son of a samurai belonging to the Chōshū fief.
He studied civil engineering and mining at University College London and returned to Japan in 1868.
He briefly was adopted into the Nomura family and became known as Nomura Yakichi, though later he was restored to the Inoue family. At 15, he entered the Nagasaki Naval Academy established by the Tokugawa shogunate under the direction of a Dutch naval officer In 1863, Inoue and four friends from the Chōshū clan stowed away on a vessel to the United Kingdom.
After working for the government as a technical officer supervising the mining industry, he was appointed Director of the Railway Board in 1871.
Inoue played a leading role in Japan"s railway planning and construction, including the construction of the Nakasendo Railway, selection of the alternative route(Tokaido), and the proposals for future mainline railway networks. In 1891 Masaru Inoue founded Koiwai Farm with Yanosuke Iwasaki and Shin Onogi.
After retirement from the government, Inoue founded Kisha Seizo Kaisha, the first locomotive manufacturer in Japan, becoming its first president in 1896. In 1909 he was appointed President of the Imperial Railway Association.
He died on an illness in London in 1910, during an official visit on behalf of the Ministry of Railways.
Itō Shunsuke (later Itō Hirobumii) Inoue Monta (later Inoue Kaoru) Yamao Yōzō who later studied engineering at the Andersonian Institute, Glasgow, 1866-1868 while working at the shipyards by day Endō Kinsuke.
Inoue and his friends later came to be known as the To commemorate their stay in London, two scholarships, known as the Inoue Masaru Scholarships, are available each session under the University College London 1863 Japan Scholarships scheme to enable University College students to study at a Japanese University. The value of the scholarships are £2000 each.
His tomb is in the triangular bit of land where the Yamanote Lincolnshire meets the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in Kita-Shinagawa.
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