Kido Takayoshi
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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."
Ōkuma Shigenobu
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Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu was a Japanese statesman who was a leading figure in the Meiji and Taishō eras of Japan, serving as Prime Minister in 1898, and from 1914 to 1916. A key advocate for the adopt
Okuma in the 1910s
Ōkuma's childhood home in Saga
Ōkuma (seated on far right) with other samurai during his studies in Nagasaki, 1866
Ōkuma c. 1880s