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Count Kuroda Kiyotaka (黒田 清隆, 9 November 1840 – 23 August 1900), also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke (黒田 了介), was a Japanese statesman and diplomat of the Meiji era who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889.
Count Kuroda Kiyotaka was a Japanese statesman who played a leading role in the Meiji Restoration, the 1868 overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate and reestablishment of imperial rule in Japan. He served as prime minister from April 1888 to October 1889.
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Born in Kagoshima, the son of a samurai of the Kagoshima Clan. He contributed to the establishment of the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance. During the Boshin War, he commanded at the Battle of Goryokaku and spared the life of the enemy general Takeaki Enomoto.
Kuroda, Kiyotaka. views 1,632,307 updated. Kiyotaka Kuroda, 1840–1900, Japanese political leader. Born into a samurai family in Satsuma, he was active in overthrowing the Tokugawa shogunate and promoting the Meiji restoration.
Kiyotaka KURODA (November 9, 1840 – August 23, 1900) was a Japanese samurai, a feudal retainer of the Satsuma clan, and a politician. His assumed names (common names) were Chutaro and Ryosuke. He was the second Prime Minister of Japan (in office April 1888 – October 1889).
Profile. Date of birth: October 16, 1840. From: Kagoshima. Age at inauguration: 47. Term in office: April 30, 1888.
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Count Kuroda Kiyotaka (黒田 清隆, 9 November 1840 – 23 August 1900), also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke (黒田 了介), was a Japanese statesman and diplomat of the Meiji era who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889.
