The Iwakura Mission or Iwakura Embassy (岩倉使節団, Iwakura Shisetsudan) was a Japanese diplomatic voyage to the United States and Europe conducted between...

the 50-member Iwakura Mission for 18 months in Europe and America, studying modern institutions, technology, and diplomacy. The Mission promoted many...

Iwakura may refer to: Iwakura, Aichi, a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan Mount Iwakura, a mountain in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan Iwakura rock,...

technology, a great expedition around the globe was organized, led by Iwakura Tomomi. In England, he held fruitful talks with Lord Granville, British...

1872. The Iwakura Mission, which had departed Japan earlier, also gathered information on uniform design via Hayashi Tadasu. However, the mission had no...

prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy. Following his return from the Iwakura Mission in 1873, he became Lord of Home Affairs and used his office's authority...

left in charge of the caretaker government during the absence of the Iwakura Mission (1871–73). Saigō initially disagreed with the modernization of Japan...

Works together with Yamao Yozo. Later that year, he was sent on the Iwakura Mission around the world as vice-envoy extraordinary, during which he won the...

female exchange student, traveling to the U.S. on the same ship as the Iwakura Mission. Originally named Tsuda Ume, with ume referring to the Japanese plum...

October 1869 with 730 immigrants. On December 23, 1871, the Japanese Iwakura Mission boarded the ship in Yokohama harbor. The Japanese described the ship...