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*''Japanese'': [[黒田]]清隆 ''(Kuroda Kiyotaka)''
*''Japanese'': [[黒田]]清隆 ''(Kuroda Kiyotaka)''
Kuroda Kiyotaka was a [[Prime Minister]] of Japan, and before that, director of the [[Hokkaido Development Bureau]].
Kuroda Kiyotaka was the 2nd [[Prime Minister]] of Japan, and before that, director of the [[Hokkaido Development Bureau]].
A [[samurai]] of [[Satsuma clan]], he played a role in arranging the [[Sat-Cho Alliance|Satsuma-Chôshû Alliance]] of the [[Bakumatsu period]]. During the [[Boshin War]], he then served as part of the military staff of the Hokuriku Pacification Supervisory Division (北陸鎮撫総監府), and fought in the [[Battle of Hakodate]].
As director of the Hokkaido Development Bureau, Kuroda invited [[Horace Capron]] and [[William Clark]] to serve as development advisors, and also established the Sapporo Agricultural School. After a period as [[Minister of Agriculture and Commerce]], Kuroda succeeded [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] to become the second Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan; he would serve in that position for only about a year and a half, but during his brief administration, Kuroda would preside over the [[Promulgation of the Meiji Constitution]].
Kuroda was parodied in the ''[[Marumaru chinbun]]'' by being represented in political cartoons as a black octopus (''kuroi tako'', a pun on his name); the publication played a significant role in spreading rumors or allegations that he had killed his wife in a drunken fit, and that he was corrupt as a politician, accepting bribes from corporations to cheaply sell them government land in [[Hokkaido]].
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Prime Minister of Japan<br>[[1888]]-[[1889]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Matsukata Masayoshi]]'''
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==References==
==References==
*Peter Duus, "The Marumaru Chinbun and the Origins of the Japanese Political Cartoon," ''International Journal of Comic Art'' 1 (1999), 49.
*Peter Duus, "The Marumaru Chinbun and the Origins of the Japanese Political Cartoon," ''International Journal of Comic Art'' 1 (1999), 49.
*Plaques at historical sites in Kagoshima City.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/19479575338/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]
[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]