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Baron Den Kenjir was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister in the prewar government of the Empire of Japan. He was also the 8th Japanese GovernorGeneral of Taiwan from October 29, 1919 to September 1923, and the first civilian to hold that position.
Den was born in TambaKaibara Domain, located in Hikami District of Tamba Province , where his father was a village headman. After the Meiji Restoration, he sought his fortune in Kumamoto Prefecture , followed by Aichi Prefecture in 1875. Entering service of the police department, he was subsequently assigned to Kchi Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture and Saitama Prefecture. Around 1890, he came to the attention of Communications Minister Got Shjir, who recruited him into the central bureaucracy of the Meiji government. He rose to the position of vice minister, and concurrently served on the board of governors of the Japanese Government Railways. In 1898, he resigned from government service to accept an appointment as president of the Kansai Railway Company.
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