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Yamagata Aritomo

Personal data
Date of birth14 June 1838
Place of birthHagi, Tokugawa shogunate (now Japan)
Date of death1 February 1922(age 83)
Place of deathTokyo, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Military service
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Service/branchImperial Japanese Army
Years of service1868 � 1898
RankField Marshal
Battles/warsBoshin War
Satsuma Rebellion
First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
AwardsOrder of Merit
Order of the Golden Kite (1st class)
Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon)
Order of the Chrysanthemum
Prime Minister of Japan
In office8 November 1898 - 19 October 1900
MonarchMeiji
Succeeded byItō Hirobumi
Preceded byŌkuma Shigenobu
In office24 December 1889 - 6 May 1891
MonarchMeiji
Succeeded byMatsukata Masayoshi
Preceded bySanjō Sanetomi (Acting)

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|}, also known as Yamagata Kyōsuke, was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and twice Prime Minister of Japan. He is considered one of the architects of the military and political foundations of early modern Japan. Yamagata Aritomo can be seen as the father of Japanese militarism. His support for many autocratic and aggressive policies directly undermined the development of an open society, and contributed to the coming of the Second World War.

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Rurouni Kenshin - Season 1 (Tokyo Story Arc), Episode #3 - "Swordsman of Sorrow: The Man Who Slays His Past" This is the moment I fell in love with the character of Kenshin Himura. At this point, the magnitude of the impact Kenshin's actions had during the Revolution were still unknown. Yamagata Aritomo, now one of the highly ranked Meiji goverment officials, has sought Kenshin in order to convince him of his needed presence within the new goverment and era that Kenshin helped to usher in during his time fighting as "Battosai" the Man-slayer. Kenshin has decided that "manslaughter" is not something that should be rewarded. Instead, he decides that he can best suit this new era by protecting his friends and anybody else that needs help using his reverse-blade sword. This scene also reveals Kenshin's refusal to kill. My very favorite part of this exchange is Kenshin's ability to convey how power corrupts, as the police swordsmen have shown through their actions. Kenshin decides that he can best help the new government by being WITH the people and affecting their lives one at a time. His integrity, compassion and his unrelenting determination for protecting the weak and those that have no say in the new government are perfectly captured in this scene and, well, this is the moment I believe Kenshin begins to create a new "legend". Not as a man-slayer, but as a protector...someone who values life. Rurouni Kenshin - Season 1 on DVD: tinyurl.com
8.53 min. | 4.94 user rating		 Sightseeing three different and beautiful gardens of Kyoto : The Botanical gardens, Tadao Ando architect Fine Arts garden and meiji period one Murin-an. Visitando tres bonitos y diferentes jardines de Kyoto : El jardín Botánico, el de las Bellas Artes del arquitecto Tadao Ando y el del periodo meiji , Murin-an
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Political offices
Preceded by
Sanjō Sanetomi
Acting		Prime Minister of Japan
1889 - 1891		Succeeded by
{{nowrap|Matsukata Masayoshi}}Succeeded by
{{nowrap|Matsukata Masayoshi}}
Preceded by
Ōkuma Shigenobu		Prime Minister of Japan
1898 - 1900		Succeeded by
Itō Hirobumi

Prime Ministers of Japan (List)

H. Itō * Kuroda * Sanjō * Yamagata * Matsukata * H. Itō * Kuroda * Matsukata * H. Itō * Ōkuma * Yamagata * H. Itō * Saionji * Katsura * Saionji * Katsura * Saionji * Katsura * Yamamoto * Ōkuma * Terauchi * Hara * Uchida * Takahashi * To. Katō * Uchida * Yamamoto * Kiyoura * Ta. Katō * Wakatsuki * G. Tanaka * Hamaguchi * Shidehara * Hamaguchi * Wakatsuki * Inukai * Takahashi * Saitō * Okada * Gotō * Okada * Hirota * Hayashi * Konoe * Hiranuma * N. Abe * Yonai * Konoe * Tōjō * Koiso * K. Suzuki * Higashikuni * Shidehara * Yoshida * Katayama * Ashida * Yoshida * I. Hatoyama * Ishibashi * Kishi * Ikeda * Satō * K. Tanaka * Miki * T. Fukuda * Ōhira * M. Itō * Z. Suzuki * Nakasone * Takeshita * Uno * Kaifu * Miyazawa * Hosokawa * Hata * Murayama * Hashimoto * Obuchi * Aoki * Mori * Koizumi * S. Abe * Y. Fukuda * Aso * Y. Hatoyama * Kan



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