Captain Francis Brinkley (1841-1912) died aged 73 in Tokyo in October 1912. He was buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. He was a journalist and scholar who resided in Japan for over 40 years.

Brinkley was born in Ireland, and was schooled in Dublin. He owned and edited the Japan Mail from 1881 until his death, receiving financial support from the Japanese government and consequently maintaining a pro-Japanese stance.

In 1912 Emperor Meiji passed away and General Nogi Maresuke committed hara-kiri together with his wife on the death of his Emperor. Brinkley's last report was " On General Maresuke Nogi" sent to the London Times, which he had written on his deathbed. He also died one month after Nogi's death at the age of 71. At the funeral mourners included the Speaker of the House of the Peers, Iesato Tokugawa , the Minister of the Navy Makoto Saito, and Foreign Minister Yasuya.

References

• 'Captain Francis Brinkley (1841-1912): Yatoi, Scholar and Apologist' by J.E. Hoare, Chapter 9, Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume III, edited by James E. Hoare, Japan Library, 1999. ISBN 1873410891

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