Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Kido Takayoshi

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Kido Takayoshi

木戸孝允桂小五郎
alternative words: Takayoshi Kido, Kido Koin, Koin Kido, Katsura Kogoro, Kogoro Katsura
keywords: famous person , meiji revolution , statesman
related topics: Meiji revolution , Edo shogunate , Itagaki Taisuke , Okubo Toshimichi , Choshu domain , Yoshida Shoin
related web sites: http://www21.big.or.jp/~kirin/ , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~gz5k-hnd/kh/sis/06ka01/ , http://www.urban.ne.jp/home/mkubota/hagi_kido.htm
explanation: Born in 1833 as a samurai of Chushu domain and soon adopted by Katsura family. He frequented first the school of Yoshida Shoin then learned the western military technique in Tokyo. Since 1862, he had been in charge of Choshu domain's policy and strove for the suppression of Edo shogunate by allying with Satsuma domain. He participated then to the new Meiji government: his policy was between autocratic Okubo Toshimichi and democratic Itagaki Taisuke. He died in 1877.