Iwakura Tomomi was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period. He was one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration, which saw the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate, the restor
The Former Retreat of Tomomi Iwakura (岩倉具視幽棲旧跡) in Iwakura, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. It is open to the public for a fee. The building in the background is Iwakura Hospital.
Iwakura Mission. The head of the mission was Iwakura Tomomi, shown in the picture wearing traditional Japanese clothing of the samurai class including the distinctive hairstyle known as the chonmage.
Kido Takayoshi, formerly known as Katsura Kogorō, was a Japanese statesman, samurai and shishi who is considered one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration.
Kido Takayoshi in western dress (after Meiji Restoration)
Portrait of Kido Takayoshi (木戸孝允, 1833 – 1877)
Kido Takayoshi (1833-1877)
Sketch by Kido Takayoshi, depicting him as "Minister from the countryside."