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Matsuda Michiyuki

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Matsuda Michiyuki
松田 道之
Governor of Tokyo
In office
12 December 1879 – 6 July 1882
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byKusumoto Masataka
Succeeded byYoshikawa Akimasa
Governor of Shiga Prefecture
In office
23 November 1871 – 23 March 1875
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byKoteda Yasusada
Personal details
Born(1839-06-22)22 June 1839
Died6 July 1882(1882-07-06) (aged 43)
Resting placeAoyama Cemetery

Matsuda Michiyuki (松田 道之; 22 June 1839 – 6 July 1882) was a Japanese bureaucrat and statesman, active in the Meiji period of Imperial Japan.

Matsuda was governor of Shiga Prefecture from 1871 to 1875, and governor of Tokyo from 1879 to 1882.

Matsuda was sent to Ryukyu in 1879. He abolished the Ryukyu Domain, and declared the creation of Okinawa Prefecture in the same year.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ Hamashita, Takeshi. Okinawa Nyūmon (沖縄入門, "Introduction to Okinawa"). Tokyo: Chikuma Shobō, 2000, pp. 207–13.