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Itagaki Taisuke

1837 - 1919

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Count Itagaki Taisuke (板垣 退助, 21 May 1837 – 16 July 1919) was a Japanese samurai, politician, and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (自由民権運動, Jiyū Minken Undō), which evolved into Japan's first political party, the Liberal Party (Jiyūtō). His activism in favour of a parliamentary democracy was a pivotal influence on the political development of Meiji Japan. A native of Tosa Domain, Itagaki was a leading figure in the Meiji Restoration and held a series of posts in the new government, including that of Councillor of State (参議, sangi). In 1873, he resigned from government after his proposal for a military expedition to Korea, a policy known as Seikanron, was rejected. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Itagaki Taisuke is the 280th most popular social activist (down from 254th in 2019), the 774th most popular biography from Japan (down from 639th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Itagaki Taisuke ranks 280 out of 840. Before him are Carlo Cafiero, Udham Singh, David Frankfurter, Eglantyne Jebb, Wat Tyler, and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. After him are Serge Klarsfeld, Sultan al-Atrash, Ryszard Siwiec, Li Hongzhi, Aruna Shanbaug case, and Simon bar Giora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Itagaki Taisuke ranks 52. Before him are James Murray, Theodore Gill, Ernest Guiraud, Prince Albert of Prussia, Horace Parnell Tuttle, and Liu Yongfu. After him are Nicolás Avellaneda, Zhang Zhidong, Hans von Marées, Moritz Kaposi, Franz Overbeck, and Ion Creangă. Among people deceased in 1919, Itagaki Taisuke ranks 75. Before him are Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, Aaron Kosminski, Louis Botha, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Alexander Izvolsky, and Mark Sykes. After him are Laurence Doherty, Michel Théato, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Daniel Peter, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, and László Mednyánszky.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Itagaki Taisuke ranks 774 out of 6,245. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Daidō Moriyama (1938), Soga no Umako (551), Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865), and Satoru Nakajima (1953). After him are Kazuyoshi Nakamura (1955), Shigenori Tōgō (1882), Yamada Nagamasa (1590), Akira Matsunaga (1948), Hayashi Razan (1583), and Atsushi Nakajima (1909).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Japan

Among social activists born in Japan, Itagaki Taisuke ranks 5. Before him are Sadako Sasaki (1943), Sakamoto Ryōma (1836), Ishikawa Goemon (1558), and Otoya Yamaguchi (1943). After him are Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Ninomiya Sontoku (1787), Kōtoku Shūsui (1871), Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Ōsugi Sakae (1885), Megumi Yokota (1964), and Akira Amano (1973).

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