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= = =Taisuke Itagaki = Jasmine Lee and William Jeong



Modernization is the wallet, people's rights is the coin and freedom is the bill.

Basic Info: - became councillor of state after Meiji Restoration (1869) - was a Tosa samurai - didn’t like that Chosu and Satsuma clans were dominating the government - home minister under Hirobumi Ito and in 1898 was associated with Shigenobu Okuma in an attempt to form a party government.

Achievements:  - Went against the government who tried to conquer Korea.  - Submitted a memorandum trying to establish a popularly elected parliament.  - Launched a campaign for an elective assembly -> led to establishment of Senate (1875) - Established prefectual assemblies with assembly powers in 1979  - Established Aikoku Koto (Public party of patriots) and Risshisha (Self help society)  - Led the freedom and People’s rights movement.  - Became prime minister based on the Liberal party.



<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #138113; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bibliography: "Itagaki Taisuke.jpg." //Wikipedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2012. <ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%8C%EC%9D%BC:Itagaki_Taisuke.jpg>. "Taisuke Itagaki — Infoplease.com." //Infoplease — Free Online Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, and More — Infoplease.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. <http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0825663.html>. "Itagaki, Taisuke | Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures." //National Diet Library//. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. <http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/10.html>.

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