Itagaki Taisuke
Count Itagaki Taisuke 板垣 退助 | |||||
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Born | |||||
Died | July 16, 1919 | (aged 82)||||
Nationality | Japanese | ||||
Occupation(s) | Politician, Cabinet Minister | ||||
Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 板垣 退助 | ||||
Hiragana | いたがき たいすけ | ||||
Katakana | イタガキ タイスケ | ||||
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Count Itagaki Taisuke (板垣 退助, 21 May 1837 – 16 July 1919) was a Japanese politician. He was a leader of the "Freedom and People's Rights Movement" and founded Japan's first political party, the Liberal Party.
Biography
Early life
Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking
Meiji statesman to liberal agitator
Itagaki was appointed a Councilor of State in 1869, and was involved in several key reforms, such as the abolition of the han system in 1871. As a sangi (councillor), he ran the government temporarily during the absence of the Iwakura Mission.
However, Itagaki resigned from the Meiji government in 1873 over disagreement with the government's policy of restraint toward Korea (Seikanron)[1] and, more generally, in opposition to the Chōshū-Satsuma domination of the new government.
In 1874, together with
Itagaki and his associations created a variety of organizations to fuse samurai ethos with western liberalism and to agitate for a national assembly, written constitution and limits to arbitrary exercise of power by the government. These included the Risshisha (Self-Help Movement) and the Aikokusha (Society of Patriots) in 1875. After funding issues led to initial stagnation, the Aikokusha was revived in 1878 and agitated with increasing success as part of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement. The Movement drew the ire of the government and its supporters.
Leadership of the Liberal Party
Government leaders met at the Osaka Conference of 1875, to which seven schools created under Itagaki's influence sent delegations, and the various delegates entered into an agreement by which they pledged themselves to the principle of a constitutional monarchy and a legislative assembly.[2] They enticed Itagaki to return as a sangi (councilor): however, he resigned after a couple of months to oppose what he viewed as excessive concentration of power in the Genrōin.[citation needed] Itagaki criticized the government at the same time as it was under threat by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, which turned the cabinet against him. Legislation was then created restraining free speech and association.[3]
In response, Itagaki created the
The Liberal Party dissolved itself on 29 October 1884. It was reestablished shortly before the opening of the
In April 1896, Itagaki joined the
After Liberal Party
In the Freedom and People's Rights Movement in Okinawa, Itagaki supported Jahana Noboru. In the Petition Movement for the Establishment of a Taiwanese Parliament, Itagaki and Lin Hsien-tang established The Taiwan Assimilation Society in 1914.
Legacy
Itagaki is credited as being the first Japanese party leader and an important force for liberalism in Meiji Japan. His portrait has appeared on the 50-sen and 100-yen banknotes issued by the Bank of Japan.
Honors
From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
Peerages
- Count (9 May 1887; life peerage)
Decorations
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (29 September 1896)
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers (16 July 1919; posthumous)
Family crest of Itagaki clan
Jigurobishi
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Kayanouchi Jumonji
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Tosa kiri
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Genealogy
- Inui family (Itagaki family) Their clan name is Minamoto(Seiwa-Genji).
In this house, Edo period was a samurai in the Tosa clan from generation to generation. Knight (senior samurai).[5] Original Itagaki used "Jiguro-bishi (Kage-hanabishi)" for the family crest with Takeda of the effect for the same family.[6] However, Inui used "Kayanouchi Jumonji" (Azuchi Period to Meiji Period), "Tosa Kiri" (Meiji Period to now).[7]
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1Itagaki Kanenobu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Itagaki Yoritoki | 2Itagaki Yorishige | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3Itagaki Yorikane | Itagaki Nobuyori | Itagaki Sanekane | Takeda Nagakane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4Itagaki Yukiyori | Takeda Nobusada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5Itagaki Nagayori | Nakamura Kanekuni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6Itagaki Saburozaemon | Nakamura Kanesada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7Itagaki Saburozaemon | Itagaki Shiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8Itagaki Kanemitsu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9Itagaki Harimanokami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10Itagaki Shokei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11Itagaki Gan-ami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12Itagaki Zenmanbo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13Itagaki Bisyu | 14Itagaki Nobuyasu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Itagaki Hokinokami | 15Itagaki Nobukata | Morozumi Genbanojo | woman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16①Itagaki Nobunori | Sakayori Masamitsu | 17Itagaki Nobuyasu[8] | wife of Itagaki Nobuyasu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
②Itagaki Masanobu | Itagaki Masatora | woman | 18Itagaki Surinosuke | Itagaki Hayato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
③Inui Masayuki[9] | Itagaki Masayoshi | Sakayori Masayoshi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
④Inui Masasuke | 1Inui Masanao | Inui Tomomasa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⑤Inui Masakata | Inui Jujiro | 2Inui Masafusa | Inui Muichi[10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inui Kasuke | ⑥Inui Masakiyo | wife of Kondo Michikata | Inui Jusuke | 3Inui Yoshikatsu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⑦Inui Naotake | Inui Naokowa | Nakayama Hidenobu | Inui Kowamasa | 4Inui Masafusa | Inui Masanaru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⑧Inui Masa-akira | 5Inui Masahisa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⑨Inui Nobutake | Nomoto Nobuteru | woman | 6Inui Masaharu | Motoyama Shigeyoshi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⑩Inui Masashige | wife of Hirai Masazane | wife of Nagaya Hikodayu | Inui Masakatsu | 7Inui Masa-atsu | Inui Masa-atsu[11] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⑪Itagaki Taisuke | Inui Kyuba | wife of Hino Shigeyoshi | woman | woman | 8Inui Seishi[12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Itagaki Hokotaro | 8Inui Seishi[13] | Itagaki Magozaburo | Itagaki Masami | Inui Muichi[14] | Kataoka Hyoko | Miyaji Gunko | Ogawa Enko | Asano Chiyoko | Oyama Ryoko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Itagaki Takeo | ⑫Itagaki Morimasa | ⑬Itagaki Masatsura | Kawase Miyoshi | Nakamura Choshi | 9Inui Ichiro | Miyaji Shigeaki | Motoyama Nobuko | Asano Kazuharu | Asano Fusako | Oyama Tomomitsu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ozaki Tadashi | Mishima Takuko | Itagaki Masa-aki | Akiyama Noriko | ⑭Itagaki Taitaro | Itagaki Naomaro | Kawase Katsuyo | Sugisaki Mitsuyo | Nakamura Junko | 10Takaoka Mariko | Oyama Tomokazu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ozaki Kimimasa | Akiyama Takeo | Akiyama Takeshi | Akiyama Yuri | Itagaki Yuko | Itagaki Akihiro | Nakamura Naotaka | Nakamura Kazutaka | Ibuka Mika | Takaoka Koutaro | Oyama Tomoaki | Oyama Tomohide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source "Kai Kokushi". Matsudaira Sadayoshi. 1814. Japan.(Aduchi-Momoyama period part) "Kwansei-choshu Shokafu". Hotta Masaatsu, Hayashi jyussai. 1799. Japan.(Aduchi-Momoyama period part) "Osamuraichu Senzogaki-keizucho"(Edo period part)
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Notes
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (September 2020) |
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 887.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 887–888.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 888.
- ^ Jansen, Marius (2000). The Making of Modern Japan, p. 381.
- ^ Tosa-han(official document) Japan(1826). Osamuraichu Senzogaki-keizucho. Kochi prefectural library, Japan.
- ^ Takakuwa Komakichi, Yoda Kiichiro, Narikawa Eijiro. Koutei-zoho Azumakagami. Dainippontosho, Japan(1896).
- ^ Taisuke Itagaki's grave. Sinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.
- 武田信玄の命に依って、板垣家を再興
- ^ 永原一照次男
- ^ 板垣退助五男、絶家再興
- ^ 乾正春の養子となる
- ^ 板垣退助次男
- ^ 乾正厚の養子となる
- ^ 乾友正家の絶家再興
References
- ISBN 0-312-12751-0
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 887–888.
- ISBN 9780691054599; OCLC 12311985
- Totten, George O. (compiled by). (1966). Democracy in Prewar Japan: Groundwork or Facade?. Boston: OCLC 255863
- Itagaki Taisuke Honouring Association (2019). The Mind of Count Itagaki Taisuke. ISBN 978-4-86522-183 1C0023