Viscount was a Japanese statesman in Meiji period Japan.
Kà Âno was born in Kà Âchi, Tosa Province (present-day Kà Âchi Prefecture) as the eldest son of a local low-ranking samurai. He was sent to Edo in 1858 where (along with Mutsu Munemitsu) he studied under the noted Confucian scholar, Yasui Sokken. On his return to Tosa in 1861, he joined the movement organized by Takechi Hanpeita and Sakamoto Ryà Âma and became active in the Sonnà  jà Âi movement. In 1862, along with 59 other Tosa samurai, he marched on Kyoto and Edo in an attempt to influence national policy, but was captured by security forces of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1863 and sentenced to six years in prison. Tortured while in prison, he refused to recant and his sentence was extended to life imprisonment.
After the Meiji Restoration, Kà Âno was freed and was recruited by fellow Tosa countryman Gotà  Shà Âjirà  to assist Età  Shimpei in the administration of Osaka. With the establishment of the Samurai Administration Bureau, he was sent to Hiroshima in 1874. However, with increasing ex-samurai discontent erupted into open rebellion in various locations, he was assigned to assist à Âkubo Toshimichi in restoration of central government authority in Kyà «shà «. In this capacity, he faced his former mentor Età  Shimpei in the Saga Rebellion. He treated Età  very roughly during his trial, refusing him a chance to defend his actions in court, and pushing for an early death verdict.
Kà Âno was appointed to the Genrà Âin in 1875, becoming its vice-chairman in 1878. In 1880, he was appointed Education Lord under the initial Daijà Â-kan system of the Meiji government, and became Agriculture and Commerce Lord under the same system in 1881. Politically, he allied himself with à Âkuma Shigenobu, joining his Rikken Kaishintà  political party as its vice-chairman. In 1888, he was appointed to the Privy Council.
In 1892, Kà Âno joined the first Matsukata Masayoshi cabinet with overlapping portfolios the Minister of Agriculture & Commerce, Home Minister, Minister of Justice and Minister of Education. He continued to hold the post of Minister of Education under the Second Ità  Hirobumi administration.
In 1893, KÃ Âno was ennobled with the rank of shishaku (viscount) in the kazoku peerage system. He died in 1895, and his grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.