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Genrō was an unofficial designation given to a generation of elder Japanese statesmen and military officers, all born between the 1830s and 1850s, who served as informal extraconstitutional advisors t
The leading genrō Ito Hirobumi and Yamagata Aritomo in 1896
The genrō Saionji Kinmochi (right) at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919
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Yamagata Aritomo
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Prince Yamagata Aritomo was a Japanese statesman and general who twice served as prime minister of Japan, in 1889–1891 and 1898–1900. He was a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior courtiers
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…Iwao Satsuma 12 November 1842 10 December 1916 Saigō Tsugumichi Satsuma 1 June 1843 18 July 1902 Saionji Kinmochi Kuge 23 October 1849 24 November 1940 Yamagata Aritomo Chōshū 14 June 1838 1 February 1922 See also Council of Elders of the Bundestag (Germany) Privy council References Gordon, Andrew (2003). A Modern…
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata in 1869
Yamagata in the 1870s
Yamagata in 1880