Itō Hirobumi
1841–1909 · first prime minister of Japan · Japan
Politics and power34 years old in 1875
Prince Itō Hirobumi was a Japanese statesman who served as the first prime minister of Japan from 1885 to 1888. Itō held office again as prime minister three times between 1892 and 1901. He was also a member of the genrō, a group of senior statesmen who effectively dictated policy for the Empire of Japan during the Meiji era. A key figure in the making of modern Japan, Itō played a central role in the drafting of the 1889 Meiji Constitution as well as the establishment of the National Diet and Japanese cabinet system.
Read more on WikipediaThe world around them · Tokyo, 1870s
- Who governs
- Former samurai rule in the emperor's name. The old feudal domains are abolished in 1871.
- Everyday life
- Most people still farm. From 1873 the land tax is paid in money instead of rice.
- Arts and ideas
- Woodblock prints show trains, gas lamps and brick streets, and Western painting is taught for the first time.
- Meanwhile
- France has just lost a war and become a republic again, and the United States marks its centennial in 1876.
Their life in their time
- 1841
- 185312 years oldPerry's black ships arrive
- 186726 years oldSakamoto Ryōma is assassinated
- 186827 years old
- 186827 years oldThe Meiji Restoration
- 187231 years oldJapan's first railway
- 190968 years oldDies
Connected to
- EM
Emperor Meiji · minister and emperor
1885 Itō led the research for the constitution the Emperor granted in 1889, and headed his first cabinet from 1885.
Source: wikipedia:Meiji_Constitution
