Soejima Taneomi

1828～1905
He was a politician. He born the second son of Taneaki Edayoshi (枝吉種彰). Then he became an adopted son of Fukushima family at the age 32. He was active as a capable politician when the Meiji revolution. After the revolution, he was appointed foreign minister. He knocked around China for 2 years from 1876, had relationship with literati. After returning, he served as privy councilor and Home minister. He was good at Chinese poetry and calligraphy. He had intimate relations with a calligrapher, Gochiku Nakabayashi (中林梧竹).