Facts: - death place: yokosuka , kanagawa - known for: japanese postal system - death date: 27 april 1919 - birth date: 24 january 1835 - name: maejima hisoka - image: maejima hisoka.jpg - birth place: joetsu , niigata japan - occupation: government official , entrepreneur Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maejima hisoka .
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baron , born , was a japanese statesman , politician , and businessman in meiji-period japan .maejima founded the japanese postal service , and is known as , or '' father of the postal system '' .