Hayashi Gonsuke (diplomat)

Hayashi Gonsuke was a diplomat of the Empire of Japan.

Hayashi was born in Aizu Domain . His grandfather, Hayashi Yasusada was a noted samurai leader in the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, but fighting for the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1867, his grandfather and father were both killed in combat during the Battle of TobaFushimi, leaving the sevenyearold Gonsuke as head of the Hayashi household. Despite his youth, he was given a military rank and assigned to a position in the defense of Aizuwakamatsu Castle during the Battle of Aizu. After the defeat of the Aizu forces and the establishment of the Meiji government, Hayashi, along with many surviving members of the Aizu clan, were sent to the newly created Tonami Domain in what is now northern Aomori Prefecture. However, after a period in northern Japan, he caught the attention of an officer from Satsuma Domain, Kodama Sanefumi, who had known his grandfather in Kyoto from the days of the Kbu gattai movement, and Kodama brought the young Hayashi and his mother to live in Tokyo. Kodama subse

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