Kido Takayoshi

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Kido Takayoshi was a key Japanese statesman and one of the principal architects of the Meiji Restoration who helped modernize Japan’s political and social systems in the late 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese statesman
Meiji Restoration leader
human
political reformer
samurai
alsoKnownAs Katsura Kogorō
birthDate 1833-08-11
birthPlace Chōshū Domain
surface form: Hagi, Chōshū Domain

Nagato Province NERFINISHED
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
surface form: present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
burialPlace Kyoto
surface form: Kyoto, Japan
causeOfDeath illness
clan Chōshū Domain
countryOfCitizenship Japan
deathDate 1877-05-26
deathPlace Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
era early Meiji period
late Edo period
familyName Kido
givenName Takayoshi
heldPosition Councilor (sangi) in the early Meiji government
government minister in the Meiji government
influencedBy Western political thought
rangaku (Dutch learning)
knownFor abolition of the feudal han system
leadership in the Meiji Restoration
modernization of Japan’s political system
promotion of constitutional government in Japan
memberOf Chōshū Five
Meiji oligarchy
mentor Yoshida Shōin
name Kido Takayoshi self-link
nativeName 木戸孝允
桂小五郎
occupation politician
samurai retainer
statesman
participatedIn sonnō jōi movement
surface form: Sonnō jōi movement

overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate
policyContribution advocated establishment of a national assembly
supported conscription-based national army
supported land tax reform
supported universal education reforms
politicalMovement Meiji Restoration
role key planner of the Satsuma–Chōshū alliance
socialClass samurai class
traveledOn Iwakura Mission
workedWith Itō Hirobumi
Saigō Takamori
Yamagata Aritomo
Ōkubo Toshimichi
yearOfIwakuraMission 1871–1873

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Ōkubo Toshimichi ally Kido Takayoshi
Kido Takayoshi name Kido Takayoshi self-link
Iwakura Mission participant Kido Takayoshi