Meiji Bureaucrat
While working at the Ministry of Military Affairs, Nishi helped in drafting the Conscription Ordinance of 1873, which introduced universal conscription and laid the foundation for the Imperial Japanese Army. In his lectures to the military, he emphasized discipline and obedience over seniority and hierarchy. These ideals found their way into the subsequent Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors in 1882.
In 1879 Nishi was made the head of the Tokyo Academy, and by 1882 was a member of the GenrÅin. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan after the Japanese general election, 1890.
He was ennobled with the title of danshaku (baron) in the kazoku peerage system. His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.
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