Masataka Kawase

He attended a battle in the 1860s at Chōshū Domain.

Especially, in 1865, he was the commander in Kōzan-ji uprising, as Hirobumi Ito, under Shinsaku Takasugi.

In the 1870s served as Japanese Minister to Rome.

In 1876 concluded successfully negotiations with Italian sculptor Vincenzo Ragusa to take a teaching position at the newly opened government sponsored art school in Tokyo.

In 1894, Kawase became a member of the Privy Council till his death.