Katsunosuke Inoue

Marquess Katsunosuke Inoue (井上 勝之助, Inoue Katsunosuke, August 16, 1861 - November 3, 1929) was a Japanese diplomat and businessman.

[1] He was born in Suō Province, a son of Mitsuto Inoue.

Katsunosuke was adopted by his uncle, Kaoru Inoue, after his father died in 1869.

Inoue served as Minister Plenipotentiary to Belgium in 1898.

He was Japan's ambassador in Germany (1906-1908), in Chile (1910–1913) and in the United Kingdom in 1913-1916.