Inoue Kaoru (井上 馨 Inoue Kaoru, January 16, 1836 - September 1, 1915;) was a Japanese statesman.
Born Yukichi (勇吉) to a poor samurai family in Hagi (now in Yamaguchi Prefecture), Inoue attended the Han school with his brother Ikutarō (幾太郎).
In 1858, he studied Dutch Learning, gunnery and swordsmanship in Edo.
