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| | Life Biography on Kimmochi Saionji | Custom Written Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | He made the final recommendations for premiers until his death.Born on Oct. 23, 1849, the second son of Kinzumi Tokudaiji, Kimmochi was adopted at the age of 2 by the Saionji family, who were court nobles (kuge) close to the imperial family. |
 | | When the latter became the Meiji emperor, Saionji at 19 was made a councilor (sanyo) and later was appointed a commander, assisted by Aritomo Yamagata, 10 years his senior.After 10 years in France, imbibing liberal ideas, Saionji returned home in 1881 and was happy to find the Freedom and People's Rights movement in progress. |
 | | 1968), is introduced and annotated by the translator, Thomas Francis Mayer-Oakes.Connors, Lesley, The emperor's adviser: Saionji Kinmochi and pre-war Japanese politics, London; Wolfeboro, N.H.: Croom Helm; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies, University of Oxford, 1987. |
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