ITO, Marquis Hirobumi (SEOUL), Japanese Resident General of Corea; b. Sept. 2, 1841. Escaped to England with Count Inouye in days of last Shogun, and took part on Imperial side during war which led to Restoration; appointed Governor of Hyogo at end of war; sent to Europe, 1871, with special embassy for revision of treaties; is responsible for existing Japanese banking regulations; was Minister of Works, 1878, after proclamation of 1881, announcing inauguration of representative government; 10 years later was despatched to Europe and America to gather material to frame Constitution for Japan; was founder of present system of Government in Japan; despatched to China and concluded Tientsin Treaty with late Li Hung Chang, 1885; Prime Ministn of Japan, 1886; upon inauguration of Constitutional Government was President of House of Peers; concluded Treaty of Shimonoseki with late Li Hung Chang; established present system of peerage in Japan; appointed President of Privy Council; visited England with Prince Arisugawa to attend late Queen's Diamond Jubilee; has been Prime Minister on five occasions, and has filled almost every portfolio of State; cr. Marquis, 1895; appointed Resident General of Corea, 1906; made Privy Councillor of Carea, Feb., 1906. Decorations: The Grand Cordon of Japan, etc. Address: Residency General, Seoul Corea.