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Marquess Inoue Kaoru GCMG (井上 馨, January 16, 1836 – September 1, 1915) was a Japanese politician and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy during the Meiji period of the Empire of Japan. As one of the senior statesmen ( Genrō ) in Japan during that period, he had a tremendous influence on the selection of the nation's leaders and ...
Inoue Kaoru was one of the elder statesmen (genro) who ruled Japan during the Meiji period (1868–1912). Inoue was born to a samurai family of the Chōshū clan of western Japan and was a close boyhood friend of Itō Hirobumi, who later became Japan’s first prime minister.
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Inoue Kaoru - New World Encyclopedia. Count Inoue Kaoru (井上 馨, Inoue Kaoru) (January, 1836 – September 1, 1915) was a Japanese statesman and a member of the Meiji oligarchy that ruled Japan during the Meiji period (1868–1912). As a youth, he was active in the sonno joi (revere the emperor and expel the barbarians) movement, but became ...
Chōshū samurai and senior Meiji politician. Inoue Kaoru (井上薫, 1836-1915) was a senior member of the genrō, the political oligarchy of the Meiji period and yielded significant influence over the policies and political decisions of Meiji-era Japan.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Kaoru Inouye (kou´rōō Ĭin´əwā´, Ĭnō´wā), 1835–1915, Japanese statesman. He was a leader of the antiforeign movement in his native Choshu fief, and helped set fire to the British legation in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1862.
Description. Statesman, who became a genro (elder statesman). Born in Yamaguchi, the son of a goshi (lower-ranked samurai) of the Hagi Clan. Together with comrades such as Shinsaku Takasugi, etc., he played an active part in the sonno joi undo (movement to revere the emperor and expel the barbarians).
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Inoue Kaoru (1836–1915): A Controversial Meiji Statesman. ANDREW COBBING. Inoue Kaoru as a young man. Inoue Kaoru as elder statesman. INTRODUCTION. ‘A little man with a bright and intelligent expression.’. Count Inouye, as he was known to Tokyo’s foreign residents in the 1880s, was a giant of Meiji politics.
