Sanjō Sanetomi
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- In this Japanese name, the family name is Sanjō.
Sanjō Sanetomi (三条 実美? 13 March 1837 – 28 February 1891) was an Imperial court noble and statesman at the time of the Meiji Restoration. He held many high-ranking offices in the Meiji government.
[edit] Biography
Born in Kyoto, Sanjō was the son of Naidaijin Sanjō Sanetsumu. He held several important posts in Court and became a central figure in the anti-Western, anti-Tokugawa Sonnō Jōi ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian") movement.
When the Coup d’etat of 30 September 1863 brought the more moderate Aizu and Satsuma factions into power, he fled to Chōshū. He returned to Kyoto after the resignation of Tokugawa Yoshinobu in 1867.
The first administrative offices (Sanshoku) of the Meiji government were established on 3 January 1868: the Sōsai (President), Gijō (Administration) and San'yo (Office of Councilors). These offices were abolished on 11 June 1868, with the establishment of the Daijō-kan (Grand Council of State). In the new Meiji government, Sanjō was head of the Gijo, Minister of the Right (右大臣) (11 June 1868 - 15 August 1871), and Chancellor of the Realm (Daijō Daijin) (15 August 1871 - 22 December 1885).
He was awarded Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1882. On 7 July 1884, his title was elevated to koshaku (prince) under the kazoku peerage system.
He served until the abolition of the daijōkan system in 1885. After the Cabinet system was established, he became Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, and in 1889, when Kuroda Kiyotaka and his cabinet resigned en masse, he served concurrently as interim Prime Minister of Japan.
[edit] Reference and further reading
- Beasley, W. G. (1972). The Meiji Restoration. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- Jansen, Marius B. and Gilbert Rozman, eds. (1986). Japan in Transition: From Tokugawa to Meiji. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Keene, Donald. (2005). Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12341-8
- Ozaki, Yukio. (2001). The Autobiography of Ozaki Yukio: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in Japan. [Translated by Fujiko Hara]. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 10-ISBN 0-691-05095-3 (cloth)
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