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*''Born: [[1838]]''
*''Died: 1922''
*''Japanese'': [[山県|山縣]]有朋 ''(Yamagata Aritomo)''
Yamagata Aritomo was a [[Meiji period]] statesman, serving as [[Prime Minister]] for several terms, and playing a prominent role in a number of significant developments in military policy.
Yamagata studied for a time under [[Yoshida Shoin|Yoshida Shôin]].<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 163-164.</ref>
In the early 1870s, Aritomo served as Vice Minister of Military Affairs, and was among the chief figures advocating for [[military conscription]]. By [[1873]], he convinced the rest of the [[Meiji government]] to implement a system of conscription.<ref>E.H. Norman, ''Soldier and Peasant in Japan: The Origins of Conscription''. New York: Institute for Pacific Relations, 1945. pp41-42, 49.</ref>
He oversaw a thorough reorganization of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] in [[1878]], after difficulties in [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874|Taiwan]], [[Satsuma Rebellion|Kyushu]], and elsewhere.<ref>Schirokauer, et al, 192.</ref>
Yamagata played a key role in the drafting of the [[1890]] [[Imperial Rescript on Education]] alongside [[Motoda Eifu]] and [[Inoue Kowashi]]. That same year, Aritomo broke an impasse in the [[National Diet]], allowing the government to pass a budget for the first time, albeit only due to Aritomo's resorting to bribery and force.<ref>Schirokauer, 180.</ref>
Yamagata became Prime Minister for the second time in [[1898]].
In [[1900]], Yamagata put into place a new policy stating that Ministers of Army and Navy had to be active military officers. This gave the military considerable power, as a Minister could be forced to resign from the military, thus immediately removing him from the Ministerial position, and creating a crisis in the government.
A statue of Yamagata, initiated and funded by [[Katsura Taro|Katsura Tarô]], and erected in [[Hagi]] in [[1898]] was perhaps the first modern-style bronze statue of a living figure to be erected in Japan.<ref>Sven Saaler, "Public Statuary and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary Japan," ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus'' 15:20:3 (Oct 15, 2017), 5.</ref>
Yamagata's grave can be found at [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]] in [[Tokyo]].
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==References==
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[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]
*''Died: 1922''
*''Japanese'': [[山県|山縣]]有朋 ''(Yamagata Aritomo)''
Yamagata Aritomo was a [[Meiji period]] statesman, serving as [[Prime Minister]] for several terms, and playing a prominent role in a number of significant developments in military policy.
Yamagata studied for a time under [[Yoshida Shoin|Yoshida Shôin]].<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 163-164.</ref>
In the early 1870s, Aritomo served as Vice Minister of Military Affairs, and was among the chief figures advocating for [[military conscription]]. By [[1873]], he convinced the rest of the [[Meiji government]] to implement a system of conscription.<ref>E.H. Norman, ''Soldier and Peasant in Japan: The Origins of Conscription''. New York: Institute for Pacific Relations, 1945. pp41-42, 49.</ref>
He oversaw a thorough reorganization of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] in [[1878]], after difficulties in [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874|Taiwan]], [[Satsuma Rebellion|Kyushu]], and elsewhere.<ref>Schirokauer, et al, 192.</ref>
Yamagata played a key role in the drafting of the [[1890]] [[Imperial Rescript on Education]] alongside [[Motoda Eifu]] and [[Inoue Kowashi]]. That same year, Aritomo broke an impasse in the [[National Diet]], allowing the government to pass a budget for the first time, albeit only due to Aritomo's resorting to bribery and force.<ref>Schirokauer, 180.</ref>
Yamagata became Prime Minister for the second time in [[1898]].
In [[1900]], Yamagata put into place a new policy stating that Ministers of Army and Navy had to be active military officers. This gave the military considerable power, as a Minister could be forced to resign from the military, thus immediately removing him from the Ministerial position, and creating a crisis in the government.
A statue of Yamagata, initiated and funded by [[Katsura Taro|Katsura Tarô]], and erected in [[Hagi]] in [[1898]] was perhaps the first modern-style bronze statue of a living figure to be erected in Japan.<ref>Sven Saaler, "Public Statuary and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary Japan," ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus'' 15:20:3 (Oct 15, 2017), 5.</ref>
Yamagata's grave can be found at [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]] in [[Tokyo]].
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==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]
