Saionji Kinmochi
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Prince Saionji Kinmochi was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's genrō, he was the most influential voice in Japanese politics from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s.
Studying in Paris, 1871–80
Saionji Kinmochi as Prime Minister
Makino Nobuaki (left) and Saionji Kinmochi (right) at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
House of Peers (Japan)
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The House of Peers was the upper house of the Imperial Diet as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan.
House of Peers, 1915
Emperor Meiji in a formal session of the House of Peers. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Yōshū Chikanobu, 1890
The House of Peers in 1910
Image: Itō Hirobumi