Meiji-era leaders
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The following were leading figures in the Meiji Restoration, when the Emperor of Japan retook power from the Tokugawa shoguns. Some of them went on to become Prime Minister of Japan.
- Okubo Toshimichi (1830–1878)
- Kido Takayoshi (1833–1877)
- Saigō Takamori (1827–1877)
- Iwakura Tomomi (1825–1883)
- Ito Hirobumi (1841–1909)
- Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840–1900)
- Matsukata Masayoshi (1835–1924)
- Oyama Iwao (1842–1916)
- Saigō Tsugumichi (1843–1902)
- Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922)
- Inoue Kaoru (1835–1915)
- Saionji Kinmochi (1849–1940)
