Maejima Hisoka
Maejima Hisoka | |||||
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前島 密 | |||||
Baron Maejima Hisoka | |||||
| Member of the House of Peers | |||||
| In office 10 July 1904 – 10 March 1910 | |||||
| Member of the Genrōin | |||||
| In office 5 March 1878 – 28 February 1880 | |||||
| Personal details | |||||
| Born | Ueno Fusagorō 24 January 1835 | ||||
| Died | 27 April 1919 (aged 84) | ||||
| Party | Rikken Kaishintō | ||||
| Occupation | Government official, Entrepreneur | ||||
| Known for | Founding the first Japanese postal system | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 前島 密 | ||||
| Hiragana | まえじま ひそか | ||||
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Baron Maejima Hisoka (前島 密; 24 January 1835 – 27 April 1919), born Ueno Fusagorō (上野 房五郎), was a Japanese statesman, politician, and businessman in Meiji-period Japan. Maejima founded the Japanese postal service, and is known as Yūbin Seido no Chichi (郵便制度の父), or "Father of the Postal System".