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Kido Takayoshi
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Japanese samurai of the Mito Domain and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (1833-1877)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Meiji
- Preceded by
- Ōki Takatō
- Succeeded by
- Tanaka Fujimaro (interim), Saigō Jūdō
- Born
- Wada Kogorō ( 和田 小五郎 ) , ( 1833-08-11 ) August 11, 1833, Hagi , Chōshū , Japan
- Died
- May 26, 1877 (1877-05-26) (aged 43), Kyoto , Japan
- Resting place
- Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
- Spouse
- Kido Matsuko ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1868 – 1877 )
- Relatives
- Kōichi Kido (grandnephew)
- Alma mater
- Meirinkan , Shōka Sonjuku
- Occupation
- statesman
- Profession
- politics
- Known for
- One of the Three Great Nobles of the Restoration
- Other names
- Katsura Kogorō ( 桂 小五郎 ) , Niibori Matsusuke ( 新堀 松輔 ) , Kido Kanji ( 木戸 貫冶 ) , Kido Junichirō ( 木戸 準一郎 ) , Kido Kōin ( 木戸 孝允 )
- Notable works
- The Diary of Kido Takayoshi Volume 1 (1868-1871) , The Diary of Kido Takayoshi Volume 2 (1874-1877)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Hagi
- Place of death
- Kyoto
- Spouse
- Kido Matsuko
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Educated at
- Meirinkan
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Participant in
- Iwakura Mission
- Image
- KIDO TAKAYOSHI.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1833-08-11
- date of death
- 1877-05-26
- Commons category
- Kido Takayoshi
- name in native language
- 木戸孝允
- topic's main category
- Category:Kido Takayoshi
- name in kana
- きど こういん
- birth name
- Katsura Kogorō
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- writing language
- Japanese
- pseudonym
- 貫治
- art name
- 松菊
- allegiance
- Mito Domain
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kido Takayoshi (木戸 孝允; born Wada Kogorō (和田 小五郎); August 11, 1833 – May 26, 1877), formerly known as Katsura Kogorō (桂 小五郎), was a Japanese statesman, samurai and shishi who is considered one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration.
Early life
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