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Kido went on to serve the [[Meiji government]] as [[Ministry of Education|education minister]], [[Ministry of the Interior|home affairs minister]], chairman of the local official council, and as cabinet councillor. Immediately following the Restoration, he assisted [[So Yoshiakira|Sô Yoshiakira]], lord of [[Tsushima han]], in obtaining a new title and enhanced court rank in order to continue to serve as lead intermediary for relations with Korea, under the new Meiji government.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 240.</ref>

Kido went on to serve the [[Meiji government]] as [[Ministry of Education|education minister]], [[Ministry of the Interior|home affairs minister]], chairman of the local official council, and as cabinet councillor. Immediately following the Restoration, he assisted [[So Yoshiakira|Sô Yoshiakira]], lord of [[Tsushima han]], in obtaining a new title and enhanced court rank in order to continue to serve as lead intermediary for relations with Korea, under the new Meiji government.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 240.</ref>

Kido then participated in the [[Iwakura Mission]] in [[1871]], and following his return to Japan, stood opposed to the invasion of Korea proposed in the [[Seikanron]] debated in [[1873]]. Though he, along with [[Oshima Tomonojo|Ôshima Tomonojô]] and certain other Tsushima officials, had previously advocated a punitive mission against Korea should the Korean Court refuse to engage in relations with the new government, circumstances had changed by this time, and Kido pressed for the Meiji government to instead focus on "the proper management of domestic affairs."<ref>Hellyer, 245.</ref>

Kido then participated in the [[Iwakura Mission]] in [[1871]], and following his return to Japan, stood opposed to the invasion of Korea proposed in the [[Seikanron]] debated in [[1873]]. Though he, along with [[Oshima Tomonojo|Ôshima Tomonojô]] and certain other Tsushima officials, had previously advocated a punitive mission against Korea should the Korean Court refuse to engage in relations with the new government, circumstances had changed by this time, and Kido pressed for the Meiji government to instead focus on "the proper management of domestic affairs."<ref>Hellyer, 245.</ref> Upset with [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi's]] politics, which Kido believed would lead Japan into unnecessary wars with China, draining the state's finances, and potentially even leading to economic collapse and general disorder in Japan, Kido resigned from government following the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]].

Kido was a pupil of [[Yoshida Shoin|Yoshida Shôin]]. He learned [[Shinto Munen Ryu]] from [[Saito Yakuro|Saitô Yakurô]] and became head coach of the dojo "[[Renpeikan]]".

Kido was a pupil of [[Yoshida Shoin|Yoshida Shôin]]. He learned ''[[Shinto Munen Ryu|Shintô Munen-ryû]]'' from [[Saito Yakuro|Saitô Yakurô]] and became head coach of the dojo "[[Renpeikan]]".

==Kido Takayoshi in Fiction==

==Kido Takayoshi in Fiction==

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