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=Itagaki Taisuke=

=Itagaki Taisuke=

*''Born: [[1837]]''

* ''Born: [[1837]]''

* ''Died: [[1919]]''

* ''Died: [[1919]]''

*”Other Name: Inui Taisuke

* ''Other Name: Inui Taisuke''

* Japanese: 板垣退助''(Itagaki Taisuke)''

* ''Japanese'': 板垣 退助 ''(Itagaki Taisuke)''

A high ranking samurai from Tosa, Itagaki was responsible for reorganizing Tosa’s forces prior to the outbreak of the Boshin War where he played a major role in leading the campaigns against the Tokugawa forces. After the Restoration, he played key roles in both the Tosa and national governments. He resigned from the Meiji government in protest of the decision not to go to war with Korea, but subsequently returned to government and held various cabinet posts until his retirement in 1900.

 

A high ranking samurai from [[Tosa province|Tosa]], Itagaki was responsible for reorganizing Tosa's forces prior to the outbreak of the [[Boshin War]] where he played a major role in leading the campaigns against the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] forces. After the [[Meiji Restoration|Restoration]], he played key roles in both the Tosa and national governments. He resigned from the Meiji government in protest of the decision not to go to war with Korea, but subsequently returned to government and held various cabinet posts until his retirement in [[1900]].

==References==

==References==

*Hillsborough, Romulus. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999

*[[Romulus Hillsborough|Hillsborough, Romulus]]. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999

*Jansen, Marius B. ''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration''. Columbia University Press, 1994.

*Jansen, Marius B. ''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration''. Columbia University Press, 1994.