[島津忠義] daimyo of the late-edo period and peerage of the empire of japan.
Born May 22nd, 1840 in Kagoshima Castle.
Died December 26th, 1897 at 57 years old in Japan.
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde