Saionji Kinmochi
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Prince Saionji Kinmochi was a Japanese statesman and diplomat who twice served as Prime Minister of Japan, in 1906–1908 and 1911–1912. He was the last surviving member of the genrō, the small group of
Saionji c. 1913
A young Saionji in Paris, 1870s
Katsura Tarō
Saionji c. 1908
Genrō
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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
Saionji Kinmochi
…was a Japanese statesman and diplomat who twice served as Prime Minister of Japan, in 1906–1908 and 1911–1912. He was the last surviving member of the genrō, the small group of unofficial elder statesmen who dominated Japanese politics during the Meiji and Taishō periods. As a member of the Kyoto court…
The leading genrō Ito Hirobumi and Yamagata Aritomo in 1896
The genrō Saionji Kinmochi (right) at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919
Inoue Kaoru
ITŌ Hirobumi