HAYASHI, TADASU, COUNT (1850-1913), Japanese statesman, was born in Tokyo (then Yedo), and was one of the first students sent by the Tokugawa government to study in Eng land. He returned on the eve of the abolition of the Shogunate, and followed Enomoto (q.v.) when the latter, sailing with the Tokugawa fleet to Yezo, attempted to establish a republic there in defiance of the newly organized government of the emperor. Thrown into prison on account of this affair, Hayashi did not obtain office until 1871. He then rose rapidly, until, after a long period of service as vice-minister of foreign affairs, he was ap pointed to represent his country first in Peking, then in St. Peters burg and finally in London, where he acted an important part in negotiating the first Anglo-Japanese alliance, for which he re ceived the title of viscount. He remained in London throughout the Russo-Japanese War, and was the first Japanese ambassador at the court of St. James's after the war. Returning to Tokyo in 1906 to take the portfolio of foreign affairs, he remained in office until the resignation of the Saionji cabinet in 1908. He was raised to the rank of count for services during the Russo-Japanese War, and in connection with the second Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1905. He died at Tokyo on July io, 1913.