Meiji oligarch

C12635
concept

A Meiji oligarch was a member of the small, elite group of Japanese leaders who, after the 1868 Meiji Restoration, directed the country’s rapid modernization and centralization of political power.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
長州藩士 3
Meiji oligarch canonical 2
Meiji-period politician 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Meiji oligarch
Generated description
A Meiji oligarch was a member of the small, elite group of Japanese leaders who, after the 1868 Meiji Restoration, directed the country’s rapid modernization and centralization of political power.

Instances (12)

Instance Via concept surface
寺内 正毅
surface form: 寺内正毅
元老
Prince Saionji Kinmochi genrō
桂小五郎 長州藩士
伊藤 博文
surface form: 伊藤博文
元老
Katsura Kogorō daimyō retainer
木戸孝允 長州藩士
Katsu Kaishū Meiji-period politician
Torii Mototada daimyō retainer
Saionji Kinmochi genrō
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Inoue Kaoru
Hara Yoshimichi Meiji-period politician