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*''Japanese'': [[伊藤]]博文 ''(Itou Hirobumi)''

*''Japanese'': [[伊藤]]博文 ''(Itou Hirobumi)''

Itô Hirobumi was Japan's first modern [[prime minister]], and a prominent figure in a number of other aspects of [[Meiji government]].

Itô Hirobumi was Japan's first modern [[prime minister]], serving in that post four times,<ref>Plaques on-site at University College London.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/25574315256/sizes/k/]</ref> and a prominent figure in a number of other aspects of [[Meiji government]].

In his youth, prior to the [[Meiji Restoration|fall of the Tokugawa shogunate]], Itô was a follower or student of ''[[sonno|sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' activist [[Yoshida Shoin|Yoshida Shôin]].

In his youth, prior to the [[Meiji Restoration|fall of the Tokugawa shogunate]], Itô was a follower or student of ''[[sonno|sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' activist [[Yoshida Shoin|Yoshida Shôin]].

Itô became the first [[Governor-General]] of the Japanese protectorate of [[Colonial Korea|Korea]] in [[1905]],<ref>Mark Peattie, ''The Japanese Colonial Empire'', Princeton University Press (1984), 17.</ref> remaining in that position until he was killed by Korean activist [[An Jung-geun]] in [[1909]].

Itô became the first [[Governor-General]] of the Japanese protectorate of [[Colonial Korea|Korea]] in [[1905]],<ref>Mark Peattie, ''The Japanese Colonial Empire'', Princeton University Press (1984), 17.</ref> remaining in that position until he was killed by Korean activist [[An Jung-geun]] in [[1909]].

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