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    Ōkubo Toshimichi

    One of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration, regarded as one of the main founders of modern Japan

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  1. Ōkubo Toshimichi. Ōkubo Toshimichi (大久保 利通) (26 September 1830 – 14 May 1878) was a Japanese statesman and one of the Three Great Nobles regarded as the main founders of modern Japan. Ōkubo was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain and joined the movement to overthrow the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate during the Bakumatsu period.

  2. Mar 29, 2024 · Ōkubo Toshimichi (born Sept. 26, 1830, Kagoshima, Japan—died May 14, 1878, Tokyo) was a Japanese politician and one of the samurai leaders who in 1868 overthrew the Tokugawa family, which had ruled Japan for 264 years, and restored the government of the emperor. After the Meiji Restoration he spent much of his career helping to establish ...

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  3. Dec 4, 2011 · Okubo Toshimichi (大久保利通 (1830-1878) was a Japanese statesman and one of the Satsuma samurai who supported the Meiji Restoration . He is commonly regarded as the progressive driving force behind the new Meiji state, despite his authoritarian and often opportunist style of government. Ōkubo was born in Kagoshima, Satsuma Province ...

  4. Mar 23, 2011 · Ōkubo Toshimichi nikki [Diaries of Ōkubo Toshimichi] (2 vols., Tokyo, 1927), II, 200. A fire may have destroyed the remainder of the United States portion of the diary. Significantly, three of Ōkubo's sons, including the eminent Makino Nobuaki, studied here.

  5. Okubo Toshimichi: His Political and Economic Policies in Early Meiji Japan. SIDNEY DEVERE BROWN. OKUBO Toshimichi (I830-i878) emerged as the dominant figure of the Meiji oligarchy in November I873. He retained that uneasy position until his death. under his assassins' swords on May I4, I878. During the four and one-half year interval Okubo ...

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  7. Ōkubo was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain and joined the movement to overthrow the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. Upon the founding of the new Empire of Japan, Ōkubo became a leading member of the Meiji Restoration and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy. Following his return from the Iwakura Mission in 1873, he ...

  8. Aug 27, 2020 · Japanese: 大久保利通 (Ookubo Toshimichi) Ôkubo Toshimichi, a samurai originally from Satsuma han, was one of the three top planners and organizers of the Meiji Restoration, along with Kido Takayoshi and Saigô Takamori. After the overthrow of the shogunate, he became the head of the Home Ministry, and took charge of a great many affairs ...