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Korea / Japan: Japan's Prince Ito (left) with Prince Yi Un, the Crown Prince of Korea, c. 1904

Korea / Japan: Japan's Prince Ito (left) with Prince Yi Un, the Crown Prince of Korea, c. 1904

Prince Itō Hirobumi, (伊藤 博文?, October 16, 1841 – October 26, 1909, also called Hirofumi/Hakubun and Shunsuke in his youth) was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th), genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by Korean independence activist An Jung-geun in 1909.

Prince Imperial Yeong, the Crown Prince Uimin (also Euimin), also known as Yi Un, Yi Eun, Lee Eun, and Un Yi (20 October 1897 – 1 May 1970), was the 28th Head of the Korean Imperial House, an Imperial Japanese Army general and the last crown prince of Korea.

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