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Born July 4, 1834 • Glasgow • Scotland
Died November 24, 1904 (aged 70) • Mulhouse • France
Subjects Of Study Japan • design • industrial design
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Tsutsumi Yasujiro
Japanese politician
Bronze statue of samurai Saigo Takamori standing with his dog on a stone pedestal in Ueno Park, Tokyo, with yellow autumn trees in the background.
Saigō Takamori
Japanese samurai
Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu in ornate robes holding a bow, with arrows on his back, at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
shogun of Japan
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe
prime minister of Japan
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo
prime minister of Japan
Father and daughter
Caroline Kennedy
American attorney, author, and ambassador
Yoshihide Suga, wearing a black suit and white tie, speaks at a podium with microphones in front of a Japanese flag.
Suga Yoshihide
prime minister of Japan
Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi
prime minister of Japan
Ito Hirobumi
Itō Hirobumi
prime minister of Japan
Minamoto Yoritomo
Minamoto Yoritomo
Japanese leader
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Go-Daigo
emperor of Japan
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior
Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese naval officer
Shigeru Ishiba
Shigeru Ishiba
prime minister of Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
Ii Naosuke
Ii Naosuke
Japanese feudal lord
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
Ozawa Ichirō
Ozawa Ichirō
Japanese politician
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Japanese leader
Kan Naoto.
Kan Naoto
prime minister of Japan