Ishii Kunimichi (石井邦猷)
Kunimichi ISHII (July 15, 1837 - February 3, 1893) was a government official from the end of Edo period to Meiji period. His common name was Torao.
Brief Personal History
A feudal retainer of Hiji domain in Bungo Province. He entered the army as a Lieutenant Colonel after the Meiji Restoration. He became a government official of police in Meiji Government.
He served in the Department of Military Affairs in 1869.
He became a Major in the Army in 1871.
He became a chief of the Correction Bureau in 1881.
He became a prefectural governor of Mie Prefecture in 1885.
He assumed a prefectual governor of Saga Prefecture in June, 1888.
He became a councilor of the Senate in December, 1889.
He had an adopted child, Kikujiro ISHII, who became the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Japan).