in House of Peers; created Baron, 1895. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KUMAKAWA, Dr. Muneo (TOKYO), Professor, Imperial University; b. Oct., 1858. Educ.:Germany, 1887-1890. Professor of Imperial University. Tokyo, since 1891. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KUME, Kei-ichiro (TOKYO), Artist: b. Aug. 1866. in Saga-Ken. Educ.: Paris, l886-93; Professor of Tokyo Fine Art [School, 1896; noted landscape painter. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
K'UN-HSIU, Lieut-General (PEKING), native of Manchuria; provincial graduate. Secretary of Office of Transmission; Deputy Commissioner, Office of Transmission, March, 1891; Director Sacrificial Worship, Aug., 1891: Assistant.Superintendent, Board of Admiralty; Sub. Chancellor, Grand Secretariat, Jan.. 1894; junior Vice-President, Hoard of Ceremonies, Dec., 1895; Deputy Lieut-General, Red Banner Corps, Aug., 1896; senior Vice-President, Board of Ceremonies, Jan., 1897; cashiered, Sept.,1898; Vice-president, Board of Punishment, Oct., 1898; Brigade-General, Na-lanchen, June, 1900; Vice-President, Mongolian Superintendency, Oct., 1903; Lieut-General. Bordered Blue Mauchu Banner Corps, July, 1905.
KUNI, Prince (TOKYO), Captain of Infantry; b. July 23, 1873; in. Dec. 13, 1899, Princess Chikaka, 7th d. of Prince Shimazu. Was attached to staff of General Kuroki during Russo-Japanese Address Tokyo, Japan.
KUO-CH'UAN ( HU-LAN), Deputy Lieut.-Governor; native of Manchuria. Commandant, Chahar, 1884; Commandant forces, Ili, 1887; detailed for service, Manchuria, May, 1893; Deputy Lieut. -Governor, Hu-lan, Sept., 1981.
K'UO-P'U-T'UNG-WU (HSI-NING), native of Manchuria; metropolitan graduate, 1886. Tutor, Imperial Academy; Deputy Supervisor, Imperial Instruction, 1894; Expositor, Hanlin, 1894; degraded to sub-Reader, Hanlin, May, 1894; assistant Supervisor of Instruction, June, 1895; Chief Supervisor of Instruction, April, 1893; sub-Chancellor, Grand Secretariat, Sept., 1896; Vice -President, Board of Ceremonies, Sept., 1898; Imperial Agent, Hsi-ning, Dec., 1898; retired May, 1903.
KURINO, Shin-ichiro (TOKYO), Minister for Japan at Paris; b. 1852 at Fukuoka. Commissioner of Foreign Office, 1881; Vice-Chief of Investigation Bureau, 1886; Director of Investigation Bureau, 1891; Minister at Washington, 1894; at Rome, 1896; at Paris, 1897; at St. Petersburg, 1901, and again at Paris. Address: Tokyo, Japan; and Japanese Legation, Paris, France.
KURODA, Kiyoteru (TOKYO), Artist; b. June, 1866. Educ.: Paris, 1884-93. One of Japan's noted painters, of the Western School. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KURODA, Marquis Nagashiga (TOKYO), Vice-President of the House of Peers; b. May, 1867, at Fukuoka. Educ.: Cambridge University, England, 1884-89. Master of Ceremonies, 1889-90; at present President of Oriental Association; created Marquis, 1884. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
