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Born May 3, 1806 • Mito • Japan
Died November 11, 1855 (aged 49) • Japan
Role In Meiji Restoration
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
Katsura Tarō.
Kōshaku Katsura Tarō
prime minister of Japan
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
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo
prime minister of Japan
Minamoto Yoritomo
Minamoto Yoritomo
Japanese leader
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior
Ashikaga Takauji
Ashikaga Takauji
Japanese shogun
Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
shogun of Japan
Tokugawa Nariaki: calligraphy
Tokugawa Nariaki
Japanese government official
Fukuzawa Yukichi.
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Japanese author, educator, and publisher
Shimazu Hisamitsu.
Shimazu Hisamitsu
Japanese feudal lord
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Kido Takayoshi
Japanese statesman
Matsudaira Yoshinaga.
Matsudaira Yoshinaga
Japanese politician
Itagaki Taisuke.
Hakushaku Itagaki Taisuke
Japanese politician
Katō Hiroyuki.
Danshaku Katō Hiroyuki
Japanese political theorist and author
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Hōjō Yasutoki
Japanese regent
Saionji Kimmochi
Saionji Kimmochi
prime minister of Japan
Sanjo Sanetomi
Sanjō Sanetomi
Japanese politician
The emperor Meiji
Meiji
emperor of Japan
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Etō Shimpei
Japanese statesman