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[[File:Okuma-waseda.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bronze statue of Ôkuma Shigenobu at [[Waseda University]]]]
*''Birth: [[1838]]''
*''Death: 1922''
*''Japanese'': 大隈重信 ''(Ookuma Shigenobu)''
Ôkuma Shigenobu was a prominent government minister in the [[Meiji period]], one of the ''[[genro|genrô]]'', and is also known as the founder of [[Waseda University]].
Ôkuma was succeeded as [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs|Foreign Minister]] by [[Aoki Shuzo|Aoki Shûzô]] in [[1889]].
Ôkuma was the founder of the Tokyo ''Senmon Gakkô'', which later became Waseda University; Ôkuma then became the first ''sôchô'' (overall head) of the university. A bronze statue of him which now stands on campus was originally completed in 1932/10, for the 50th anniversary of the university's founding. It was designed and made by [[Asakura Fumio]] ([[1883]]-1964), and stands 2.89 meters tall, atop a stone base 2.12 meters high. Asakura also made two other statues of Ôkuma, one erected in Shiba Kôen in 1916, and one erected at the [[National Diet]] Building, in 1938.<ref>Plaque on-site at Waseda University.</ref>
Ôkuma is buried at Tokyo's [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]].
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==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]
*''Birth: [[1838]]''
*''Death: 1922''
*''Japanese'': 大隈重信 ''(Ookuma Shigenobu)''
Ôkuma Shigenobu was a prominent government minister in the [[Meiji period]], one of the ''[[genro|genrô]]'', and is also known as the founder of [[Waseda University]].
Ôkuma was succeeded as [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs|Foreign Minister]] by [[Aoki Shuzo|Aoki Shûzô]] in [[1889]].
Ôkuma was the founder of the Tokyo ''Senmon Gakkô'', which later became Waseda University; Ôkuma then became the first ''sôchô'' (overall head) of the university. A bronze statue of him which now stands on campus was originally completed in 1932/10, for the 50th anniversary of the university's founding. It was designed and made by [[Asakura Fumio]] ([[1883]]-1964), and stands 2.89 meters tall, atop a stone base 2.12 meters high. Asakura also made two other statues of Ôkuma, one erected in Shiba Kôen in 1916, and one erected at the [[National Diet]] Building, in 1938.<ref>Plaque on-site at Waseda University.</ref>
Ôkuma is buried at Tokyo's [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]].
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==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]