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
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