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Aritomo Yamagata
Aritomo Yamagata , 1838-1922, Japanese soldier and statesman, chief founder of the modern Japanese army. A samurai of Choshu, he took part in the Meiji restoration. He studied military science in Europe and returned in 1870 to head the war ministry. Strongly influenced by Prussian military and polit... Read more
Meiji
Meiji , 1852-1912, reign name of the emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912; his given name was Mutsuhito. He ascended the throne when he was 15. A year later the shogun fell, and the power that had been held by the Tokugawa military house was returned to the emperor. This was the Meiji restoration... Read more

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Aritomo Yamagata
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Aritomo Yamagata Aritomo Yamagata (1838-1922) was a Japanese general...influences on the government. Aritomo Yamagata was born the son of a low-ranking...Further Reading Roger F. Hackett, Yamagata Aritomo in the Rise of Modern Japan, 1838-19... Read more
Taro Katsura
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , 1847-1913, Japanese statesman. A Choshu clansman, and a protégé of Aritomo Yamagata , he served as war minister, then (1901-6) as prime minister. During that administration, with the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902... Read more
genro
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Weakened in number by death and political disagreement, surviving members of this oligarchy (among them Hirobumi Ito , Aritomo Yamagata , Kaoru Inouye , and Masayoshi Matsukata ) consolidated power (1881) and established a cabinet form of government... Read more
Kimmochi Saionji
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...later was appointed a commander, assisted by Aritomo Yamagata, 10 years his senior. After 10 years in France...premierships alternating with those of Taro Katsura, Yamagata's prot é g é . Yet on Yamagata's recommendation Saionji became genro in... Read more
Meiji
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...advisers known as the genro , or elder statesmen. Under the direction of these oligarchs (among them Hirobumi Ito , Aritomo Yamagata , and Kaoru Inouye ), Japan was transformed into a modern industrial state, and its military power was demonstrated... Read more
Hirohito
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Regent On February 4, 1918, Hirohito became engaged to Princess Nagako, daughter of Prince Kuniyoshi Kuninomiya. Aritomo Yamagata and others raised objections to the match on the grounds that Nagako was descended from the daimyos of Satsuma, who... Read more
Kei Hara
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1914. Hara was elevated to the premiership in September 1918 with the reluctant approval of conservative oligarch Aritomo Yamagata, who disliked seeing a "party man, " a member of the Lower House, and a commoner become premier, but he got Hara... Read more

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Yamagata Aritomo
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922) Japanese soldier and statesman. A member of a samurai family, he was an early opponent of the westernization... Read more
Ito Hirobumi
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...politics of the 1890s had shown the considerable veto power that political parties were able to exercise, and when YAMAGATA ARITOMO had given the armed services the power to break civilian governments, Ito formed (1901) the Seiyukai (Friends of... Read more
Meiji Constitution
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...period was usually dominated by a group of highly influential senior statesmen, including such men as Ito Hirobumi and YAMAGATA ARITOMO , and later fell under military influence. The old constitution was finally replaced by a new JAPANESE CONSTITUTION... Read more