Flashcards: People of Meiji-period Japan

Viscount Uehara Yūsaku (上原 勇作, 6 December 1856 – 8 November 1933) was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Bandō Kakitsu I (初代 坂東 家橘 Shodai Bandō Kakitsu, 1847 – 1893) was a Japanese kabuki actor of the Uzaemon acting lineage, also commonly known as Ichimura Uzaemon XIV (十四代目 市村 羽左衛門 Jūyondaime Ichimura Uzaemon).

Baron Tatsumi Naofumi (立見 尚文, 21 August 1845 – 6 March 1907) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Meiji period.

Tsugaru Tsuguakira (津軽 承昭, September 7, 1840 – July 19, 1916) was the 12th and final daimyō of Hirosaki Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture).

Tsugaru Tsugumichi (津軽 承叙, September 24, 1840 – December 7, 1903) was the fourth and final daimyō of Kuroishi Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture).

Nishi Amane (西 周, March 7, 1829 – January 30, 1897) was a philosopher in Meiji period Japan who helped introduce Western philosophy into mainstream Japanese education.

Count Makino Nobuaki (牧野 伸顕, November 24, 1861 – January 25, 1949) was a Japanese statesman, active from the Meiji period through the Pacific War.

(In this Japanese name, the family name is Ōkubo.) Ōkubo Toshimichi (大久保 利通, September 26, 1830 – May 14, 1878) was a Japanese statesman, a samurai of Satsuma, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration.

Yasuda Zenjirō (安田 善次郎, November 25, 1838 – September 28, 1921) was a Japanese entrepreneur from Toyama, Etchu Province (present-day Toyama Prefecture) who founded the Yasuda zaibatsu (安田財閥).

Ōe Taku (大江 卓, November 2, 1847 – September 21, 1921) was a samurai, bureaucrat, politician, entrepreneur and social activist in the late Meiji and Taishō period Empire of Japan.

Ōtsuki Fumihiko (大槻 文彦, December 22, 1847 – February 17, 1928) was a Japanese lexicographer, linguist, and historian.

Ume Kenjirō (梅 謙次郎, July 24, 1860 – August 26, 1910) was a legal scholar in Meiji period Japan, and a founder of Hosei University.

Viscount Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋 是清, 27 July 1854 – 26 February 1936) was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Peers, as the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922, and as the head of the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance.

Kawaji Toshiyoshi (川路 利良, Satsuma Province, c. 1829 – 1879) was a Japanese politician during the Meiji period.

Kuga Katsunan (陸 羯南, November 30, 1857 – September 2, 1907) was the pen-name of a journalist in the Meiji period Empire of Japan.

Tsukioka Kōgyo (月岡 耕漁), sometimes called Sakamaki Kōgyo (坂巻 耕漁), (April 18, 1869 – February 25, 1927) was a Japanese artist of the Meiji period.

Kyōsuke Eto (江渡 恭助 Eto Kyōsuke, April 7, 1881 – July 19, 1917) was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Russo-Japanese War and in World War I.

Count Gotō Shōjirō (後藤 象二郎, April 13, 1838 – August 4, 1897) was a Japanese samurai and politician during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period of Japanese history.

Shō Jun (尚 順, May 2, 1873 - June 17, 1945) was a prince of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the fourth son of King Shō Tai, the last king of the kingdom.

Yui Mitsue (由比 光衛, 27 November 1860 – 18 September 1940) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War.

Viscount Ishii Kikujirō (石井 菊次郎, April 24, 1866 – May 25, 1945), was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.

William George Aston (9 April 1841 – 22 November 1911) was a British diplomat, author and scholar-expert in the language and history of Japan and Korea.

Inoue Kenkabō (井上 剣花坊, July 1, 1870 – September 26, 1934) was the pen-name of a journalist and writer of senryū (short, humorous verse) in late Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.

Marshal Admiral Baron Ijūin Gorō (伊集院 五郎, 29 September 1852 – 13 January 1921) was a Meiji-period career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Ōura Kanetake (大浦 兼武, June 15, 1850 – September 30, 1918) was a politician and bureaucrat in late Meiji and early Taishō period Empire of Japan.

(In this Japanese name, the family name is Watanabe.) Viscount Watanabe Kunitake (渡辺国武, 29 March 1846 – 11 May 1919) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and deputy Prime Minister, who lived in the Meiji and Taishō periods.

Denjirō Kōtoku (幸徳 傳次郎 Kōtoku Denjirō, November 5, 1871 – January 24, 1911), better known by the nom de plume Shūsui Kōtoku (幸徳 秋水 Kōtoku Shūsui), was a Japanese socialist and anarchist who played a leading role in introducing anarchism to Japan in the early 20th century, particularly by translating the works of contemporary European and Russian anarchists, such as Peter Kropotkin, into Japanese.

Kamisaka Sekka (神坂 雪佳, 1866–1942) was an important artistic figure in early twentieth-century Japan.

Kume Kunitake (久米 邦武, August 19, 1839 - February 24, 1931) was a historian in Meiji and Taishō period Japan.

Tanin Yamaya (山屋 他人, April 18, 1866 – September 10, 1940) was a naval theorist and admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early twentieth century.

Baron Yashiro Rokurō (八代 六郎, 3 January 1860 – 30 June 1930) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Navy Minister, succeeding the last of the Satsuma-era naval leaders of the early Meiji period.

Baron Ishimoto Shinroku (石本 新六, 20 January 1854 – 2 April 1912) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and Minister of War under the second Saionji Kinmochi administration from 1911 to 1912.

The foreign government advisors in Meiji Japan, known in Japanese as oyatoi gaikokujin (Kyūjitai: 御雇ひ外國人, Shinjitai: 御雇い外国人, "hired foreigners"), were those foreign advisors hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji period.

Hishida Shunsō (菱田 春草, September 21, 1874 – September 16, 1911) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter from the Meiji period.

Count Terashima Munenori (寺島 宗則, June 21, 1832 – June 6, 1893) was a diplomat in Meiji period Japan.

Baron Takaki Kanehiro (高木 兼寛, 15 September 1849 – 12 April 1920) was a Japanese naval physician.

Suematsu was born in the hamlet of Maeda in Buzen Province, now part of Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Count Kawamura Sumiyoshi (川村 純義, 18 December 1836 – 12 August 1904), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Count Hayashi Tadasu, GCVO (林 董, April 11, 1850 – July 10, 1913) was a career diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji period Japan.

Viscount Ogawa Mataji (小川又次, 22 August 1848 – 20 October 1909) was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.

Komuro Suiun (Japanese: 小室翠雲, August 31, 1874 – March 30, 1945) is the pseudonym of a Japanese nihonga painter who worked mainly in the nanga style, active from the Meiji period (1868–1912) to the Shōwa period (1926–1989).

Baron Hidaka Sōnojō (日高 壮之丞, 26 April 1848 – 24 July 1932) was an admiral of the early modern Imperial Japanese Navy, known primarily for his role in the First Sino-Japanese War.

Kawai Michi (河井 道, July 29, 1877 – February 11, 1953) was a Japanese educator, Christian activist, and proponent of Japanese-Western ties before, during, and after World War II.

Baron Shirane Sen'ichi (白根専一, February 3, 1850 – June 14, 1898) was a politician and bureaucrat in Meiji period Empire of Japan.

Fujii Kōichi (藤井較一, 24 September 1858 – 9 July 1926) was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.

Prince Kuni Taka (久邇宮多嘉王 Kuni-no-miya Taka-ō, 17 August 1875 – 1 October 1937) was a member of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family, who served as the chief priest (saishu) of the Shinto Grand Shrine of Ise, from 1909 until his death in 1937.

Takahashi Yuichi (高橋 由一, March 20, 1828 – July 6, 1894) was a Japanese painter, noted for his pioneering work in developing the yōga (Western-style) art movement in late 19th-century Japanese painting.

Osachi Hamaguchi (濱口 雄幸 Hamaguchi Osachi, also Hamaguchi Yūkō, 1 May 1870 – 26 August 1931) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and Prime Minister of Japan from 2 July 1929 to 14 April 1931.

Inukai Tsuyoshi (犬養 毅, 4 June 1855 – 15 May 1932) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister, and Prime Minister of Japan from 13 December 1931 to 15 May 1932.

Doppo Kunikida (國木田 獨歩 Kunikida Doppo, 15 July 1871 – 23 June 1908) was a Japanese author of novels and romantic poetry during the Meiji period, noted as one of the inventors of Japanese naturalism.

Viscount Tani Tateki (谷 干城, 18 March 1837 – 13 May 1911) was a statesman and lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in Meiji period Japan.

Ōdera Yasuzumi (大寺安純, 9 March 1846 – 9 February 1895) was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army, and the highest ranking casualty on the Japanese side in the First Sino-Japanese War.

Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉 覚三, February 14, 1862 – September 2, 1913) (also known as 岡倉 天心 Okakura Tenshin) was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan.

Hayakawa Senkichirō (早川 千吉郎, August 5, 1863 – October 14, 1922) was a bureaucrat, politician and entrepreneur in late Meiji and early Taishō period Empire of Japan.

Count Matsudaira Norikata (松平 乗謨, December 18, 1839 – January 26, 1910) was the 8th and final daimyō of Okutono in Mikawa Province, and 1st (and final) daimyō of Tanoguchi Domain in Shinano Province.

Count Matsura Akira (松浦 詮, November 11, 1840 – April 13, 1908) was the 12th and final daimyō of Hirado Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan.

Viscount Nabeshima Naotada (鍋島 直紀, June 30, 1826 – February 23, 1891) was the 9th and final daimyō of Hasunoike Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan (modern-day Saga Prefecture).

Nakamura Yoshikoto (中村 是公 , also Nakamura Korekimi, December 18, 1867 – March 1, 1927) was a government bureaucrat, entrepreneur, and politician in late Meiji period Japan.

Count Katsu Kaishū (勝 海舟, March 12, 1823 – January 21, 1899) was a Japanese statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period.

Baron Ōkubo Haruno (大久保春野, 8 October 1846 – 26 January 1915) was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.

Nakae Chōmin (中江 兆民, December 8, 1847 – December 13, 1901) was the pen-name of a journalist, political theorist and statesman in Meiji period Japan.

Saigō Takamori (Takanaga) (西郷 隆盛 (隆永), January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877) was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era.

Matsumoto Jun (松本 順) (also known as Matsumoto Ryōjun 松本 良順) (July 13, 1832 – March 12, 1907) was a Japanese physician who served as the personal physician to the last Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

Count Hirata Tosuke (平田 東助, March 2, 1849 – April 14, 1925) was a statesman and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, active in the Meiji and Taishō period Empire of Japan.

Count Mutsu Hirokichi (陸奥 広吉, March 5, 1869 – November 19, 1942) was a Japanese diplomat and an educator in Meiji and Taishō period Japan.

Viscount Nakamuta Kuranosuke (中牟田 倉之助, 24 February 1837 – 30 March 1916) was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.

Narashige Koide (小出楢重 Koide Narashige, October 13, 1887 – February 13, 1931) was a Japanese painter and illustrator, noted for his work in pioneering the Hanshinkan Modernism trend in yōga (Western-style) portraiture and nude painting in early 20th century Japanese painting.

Baron Asada Nobuoki (浅田 信興, November 6, 1851 – April 27, 1927) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Thomas Blake Glover (6 June 1838 – 16 December 1911) was a Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan.

Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (有栖川宮熾仁親王 Arisugawa-no-miya Taruhito-Shinnō, March 17, 1835 – January 15, 1895) became the 9th head of the Arisugawa-no-miya (有栖川宮家) line of shinnōke cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan on September 9, 1871.

Viscount Shinagawa Yajirō (品川 弥二郎, November 20, 1843 – February 26, 1900) was a Chōshū Domain samurai, who became Home Minister in early Meiji period Japan.

Tomishige Rihei (富重 利平, May 19, 1837 – February 7, 1922) was an important 19th and early 20th century Japanese photographer.

Uchida Kuichi (内田 九一, 1844 – February 17, 1875) was a pioneering Japanese photographer from Nagasaki.

Ueno Hikoma (上野 彦馬, October 15, 1838 – May 22, 1904) was a pioneer Japanese photographer, born in Nagasaki.

Isaniwa Yukiya (伊佐庭如矢 Isaniwa Yukiya) (1828–1907) was the first Mayor in Dogo Yunomachi (道後湯之町) which is famous for Dogo Onsen.

Aoki Shūzō (青木 周藏, March 3, 1844 – February 16, 1914) was a diplomat and Foreign Minister in Meiji period Japan.

(In this Japanese name, the family name is Shimamura.) Marshal-Admiral Baron Shimamura Hayao GCMG 島村 速雄September 21, 1858 – January 8, 1923 was a Japanese admiral during the First Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars as well as one of the first prominent staff officers and naval strategists of the early Imperial Japanese Navy.