Meiji Oligarchy - List of Leading Meiji Period Politicians

List of Leading Meiji Period Politicians

The following were leading figures in the Meiji Restoration, when and in the subsequent Government of Meiji Japan:

From the Court nobility:

  • Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)
  • Saionji Kinmochi (1849 - 1940)
  • Sanjō Sanetomi (1837-1891)

From Satsuma Domain:

  • Godai Tomoatsu (1836 -1885)
  • Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840 -1900)
  • Matsukata Masayoshi (1835 -1924)
  • Mori Arinori (1847-1889)
  • Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830 -1878)
  • Oyama Iwao (1842 - 1916)
  • Saigō Takamori (1827 -1877)
  • Saigō Tsugumichi (1843 - 1902)
  • Terashima Munenori (1836-1893)

From Chōshū Domain:

  • Inoue Kaoru (1835 -1915)
  • Itō Hirobumi (1841 -1909)
  • Kido Takayoshi (1833 -1877)
  • Ōmura Masujirō (1824 -1869)
  • Takasugi Shinsaku (1837-1867)
  • Yamagata Aritomo (1838 -1922)

From Tosa Domain:

  • Gotō Shōjirō (1838 -1897)
  • Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919)
  • Sakamoto Ryōma (1836 -1867)

From Hizen Domain:

  • Etō Shimpei (1834 -1874)
  • Oki Takato (1832-1899)
  • Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838-1922)
  • Soejima Taneomi (1828-1905)

Others:

  • Hayashi Tadasu (1850-1913)
  • Inoue Kowashi 1844-1905)
  • Katsu Kaishū (1823-1899)
  • Yokoi Shonan (1809-1869)
  • Yuri Kimimasa (1829-1912)

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