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[[File:Tokonami-takejiro.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A bust of Tokonami at Kagoshima Chûô Station]]
*''Born: Keiô 2/12/1 ([[1867]], Jan 6)''
*''Died: 1935/9/8''
*''Japanese'': 床次竹二郎 ''(Tokonami Takejirou)''
Tokonami Takejirô was a notable government official of the [[Meiji period]], originally from [[Satsuma han]].
Tokonami was born the son of a samurai retainer of Satsuma han. He attended the [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] Law School, and graduated in [[1890]], serving briefly in the [[Ministry of Finance]] and as Head of the Local Affairs Bureau of the [[Home Ministry]], and then Vice Home Minister, before becoming head of the Railways Department.
He was elected to the [[House of Representatives]] in 1914, and then became Minister of Home Affairs for a time. He helped found the Seiyûhon-tô political party, becoming its head in 1924, before switching to the Rikken Minsei-tô (Constitutional Democratic Party), and then back to his original party, the Rikken Seiyûkai (Friends of Constitutional Government Party) in 1929.
In 1931, [[Prime Minister]] Inukai appointed Tokonami head of the Railways Ministry. Following Inukai's assassination, Tokonami attempted to become head of the Rikken Seiyûkai, but lost out to [[Suzuki Kisaburo|Suzuki Kisaburô]]. He was then appointed Minister of Communications in 1934, against the party's wishes, and was expelled from the party. He died the following year.
A bronze bust of Tokonami stands today outside Kagoshima Central Train Station (''Kagoshima chûô eki').
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==References==
*"[http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/513.html?cat=48 Tokonami, Takejiro]," National Diet Library Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures.
*''Born: Keiô 2/12/1 ([[1867]], Jan 6)''
*''Died: 1935/9/8''
*''Japanese'': 床次竹二郎 ''(Tokonami Takejirou)''
Tokonami Takejirô was a notable government official of the [[Meiji period]], originally from [[Satsuma han]].
Tokonami was born the son of a samurai retainer of Satsuma han. He attended the [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] Law School, and graduated in [[1890]], serving briefly in the [[Ministry of Finance]] and as Head of the Local Affairs Bureau of the [[Home Ministry]], and then Vice Home Minister, before becoming head of the Railways Department.
He was elected to the [[House of Representatives]] in 1914, and then became Minister of Home Affairs for a time. He helped found the Seiyûhon-tô political party, becoming its head in 1924, before switching to the Rikken Minsei-tô (Constitutional Democratic Party), and then back to his original party, the Rikken Seiyûkai (Friends of Constitutional Government Party) in 1929.
In 1931, [[Prime Minister]] Inukai appointed Tokonami head of the Railways Ministry. Following Inukai's assassination, Tokonami attempted to become head of the Rikken Seiyûkai, but lost out to [[Suzuki Kisaburo|Suzuki Kisaburô]]. He was then appointed Minister of Communications in 1934, against the party's wishes, and was expelled from the party. He died the following year.
A bronze bust of Tokonami stands today outside Kagoshima Central Train Station (''Kagoshima chûô eki').
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==References==
*"[http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/513.html?cat=48 Tokonami, Takejiro]," National Diet Library Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures.