Sanjō Sanetomi

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Sanjō.
Chancellor of the Realm of Japan
In office
13 September 1868 – 22 December 1885
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byTokugawa Ienari
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1837-03-13)13 March 1837
Kyoto, Japan
Died18 February 1891(1891-02-18) (aged 53)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Japanese name
Kanji三条 実美

Meiji government
.

Biography

Portrait by Harada Naojirō

Born in Kyoto, Sanjō was the son of Naidaijin Sanjō Sanetsumu. He held several important posts in Court and became a central figure in the anti-Western, anti-Tokugawa sonnō jōi ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian") movement.

When the coup d'état of September 30, 1863, brought the more moderate

shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu
in 1867.

The first administrative offices (Sanshoku) of the

Dajō-daijin
) (August 15, 1871 – December 22, 1885).

Sanjō was awarded Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1882. On July 7, 1884, his title was changed to that of koshaku (prince) under the kazoku peerage system.

Sanjō served until the abolition of the dajōkan system in 1885. After the Cabinet system was established, he became Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan.

In 1889, when Prime Minister Kuroda Kiyotaka and his cabinet resigned en masse, Emperor Meiji only accepted Kuroda's resignation and formally invited Sanjō to head the government. The Emperor refused to appoint a new prime minister for the next two months, making Sanjō the only Prime Minister of Japan (albeit interim) who also concurrently held the post of Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.[1]

In 1890, he assumed a seat in the new

Diet of Japan established by the Meiji Constitution. On his death in 1891, he was accorded a state funeral. His grave is at the temple of Gokoku-ji in Bunkyō
, Tokyo.

Honours

From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (29 December 1876)
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (11 April 1882)
  • Prince (7 July 1884)

Order of precedence

Ancestry

[2]

Notes

  1. ^ After the Meiji Constitution was adopted in 1890, a new system was established: "In case of death, incapacitation, resignation or removal of the prime minister, a member of the cabinet shall serve as acting prime minister until the next prime minister is formally appointed." Today Sanjō’s government is generally regarded as continuation of Kuroda’s.
  2. ^ "Sanjō genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). 8 May 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Chancellor of the Realm of Japan

1871–1885 		Position abolished
Preceded by Prime Minister of Japan
Acting
1889 		Succeeded by
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