Itagaki Taisuke

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Itagaki Taisuke : biography

1837 – 1919

The Liberal Party dissolved itself on 20 October 1884. It was reestablished shortly before the opening of the Imperial Diet in 1890 as the Rikken Jiyūtō.

In April 1896, Itagaki joined the second Itō administration as Home Minister. In 1898, Itagaki joined with Ōkuma Shigenobu of the Shimpotō to form the Kenseitō, and Japan’s first party government. Ōkuma became Prime Minister, and Itagaki continued serving as Home Minister. The Cabinet collapsed after four months of squabbling between the factions, demonstrating the immaturity of parliamentary democracy at the time in Japan. Itagaki retired from public life in 1900 and spent the rest of his days writing. He died of natural causes in 1919.

1868(31years old) 1880(44years old) about 1886(about 50years old) about 1896(about 60years old) about 1906(about 70years old)

Legacy

Itagaki is credited as being the first Japanese party leader and an important force for liberalism in Meiji Japan. He was elevated to the peerage posthumously, and given the rank of hakushaku (count).

His portrait has appeared on the 50-sen and 100-yen banknotes issued by the Bank of Japan.

Genealogy

  • Inui family(Itagaki family) Their clan name is Minamoto(Seiwa-Genji).

In this house, Edo period was a samurai in the Tosa clan from generation to generation. Knight(senior samurai).Tosa-han(official document) Japan(1826). Osamuraichu Senzogaki-keizucho. Kochi prefectural library, Japan. Original Itagaki used "Jiguro-bishi (Kage-hanabishi)" for the family crest with Takeda of the effect for the same family.Takakuwa Komakichi, Yoda Kiichiro, Narikawa Eijiro. Koutei-zoho Azumakagami. Dainippontosho, Japan(1896). However, Inui used "Kayanouchi Jumonji"(Aduchi Period – Meiji Period), "Tosa Kiri"(Meiji Period – now).Taisuke Itagaki’s grave. Sinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.

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