Background
Taizo Namura was a native of Nagasaki. His original family name was Kitamura. Adopted as heir by the Namura family.
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Taizo Namura
Edit Profile名村泰菝
also known as
Kitamura
Education
Because his adoptive father was an interpreter, he learned Dutch, English, French and German while young. He visited Europe and the United States to study Western jurisprudence.
Career
After the Meiji Restoration (1868), he served in the Justice Ministry. He accompanied Toshimichi Okubo to China. Contributed much to the drafting of the Penal Code and was appointed Chief Procurator of the Supreme Court (1886), Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1892).
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1886
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1892