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=**KIDO KOIN** = 

"A new constitution for a step toward the fight against western supremacy.."


Kido Koin, after his time on the Iwakura mission, realized the need to westernize in order to compete with western powers - a constitutional government. He assisted in the draft of the Five Charter Oath, publicizing the centralization and modernization under Emperor Meiji. Kido opposed invasion; therefore, prevented the invasion of Korea and other actions that interfered in the modernization of Japan. He supported giving lands to the emperor and not to the damiyo.

__About Kido__
Kido Koin, also known as Kido Takeyoshi was the son of a samurai physician born in the Choshu Domain. His schooling was based on the philosophy of Imperial loyalism, in the academy of  Yoshida Shoin, which later guided him in becoming an eminent Japanese government official, giving him the authority to instigate revolutionary modifications of the Meiji restoration. He also led in the downfall of the Shogunate as well as the movement of the capital from Edo to Kyoto. Along with Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi, he is acknowledged as a **Ishin-no-Sanketsu**, one of the “three great nobles of the restoration."



__**Quotes**__
The people of this wordplay their own game of sumo. The real victors in this struggle are not necessarily those who win the match.

November 18, 1869 - Kido Koin

**__Works Cited__**
Brown, Sydney D. "A loner in the Meiji Era." The Choshu Compendium. red-bird, n.d. Web. 2 May 2011. .

"Meiji Restoration - Effects." Global Oneness. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 2 May 2011. .

"Kido Takayoshi." The Free Dictionary. The Free Dictionary, n.d. Web. 2 May 2011. .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kido_Takayoshi

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