Shibata Takenaka

Template:Japanese name Shibata Takenaka (柴田剛中, February 27, 1823 - August 24, 1877) was an emissary for Japan who visited France in 1865 to help prepare for the construction of the Yokosuka arsenal with French support.^[1]

On behalf of the Shogunate, Shibata requested both the United Kingdom and France to send a military mission for training in Western warfare. The UK apparently declined, but the French accepted and this led to the first French military mission to Japan (1867–1868), which Shibata organized.^[2]

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^ Beasley, W. (1995). Japan Encounters the Barbarian. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0-300-06324-5.
^ Keene, Donald (1999). Modern Japanese Diaries. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-231-11443-5.

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[1] Beasley, W. (1995). Japan Encounters the Barbarian. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0-300-06324-5.

[2] Keene, Donald (1999). Modern Japanese Diaries. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-231-11443-5.

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