Kiyotaka KURODA, the Suke (assistant director), who was interested in education for girls, proposed to send female exchange students with the Iwakura mission, for which Sen volunteered his daughter, Umeko. |
女子教育に関心のあった開拓次官の黒田清隆が、政府が派遣する岩倉使節団に女子留学生を随行させることを企画すると、娘の梅子を応募する。 |