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Another one of the November requests I'm catching up on: "Ito Hirobumi and Inoue Kaoru aboard the HMS Pegasus."

Ito Shunsuke (later Hirobumi) and Inoue Monta (later Kaoru) were two of the Choshu Five who secured passage to Europe at a time it was still illegal for them to travel outside of Japan. And yes, I know that in reality they were disguised as sailors and had cut off their topknots before leaving Japan.