Died 1922-01-10.
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Ōkuma Shigenobu
Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu was a Japanese statesman who was a leading figure in the Meiji and Taishō eras of Japan, serving as Prime Minister in 1898, and from 1914 to 1916. A key advocate for the adoption of Western science and culture in Japan, Ōkuma was a central figure in the country's modernization. He founded the political party Rikken Kaishintō and was an early proponent of parliamentary demo…
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politics · Prime Minister of Japan (1898, 1914–1916) · diplomat · politician · military personnel · head of government · minister · also Ōkuma Shigenobu, Okuma Shigenobu, Shigenobu Okuma, Shigenobu Ōkuma, Count Okuma, Shigenobu
Born 11 March 1838 · Died 10 January 1922 · Q243141
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1922· 2 entries
Drew an unprecedented number of citizens
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1916· 2 entries
Won award: Grand Cordon (July 1916).
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After failing to secure the appointment of his chosen successor, Katō Takaaki, against the wishes of the genrō
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1915· 1 entry
His government presented the Twenty-One Demands to China, an attempt to expand Japanese political and economic influence which drew international condemnation
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1914· 3 entries
Leading Japan into World War I on the side of the Allies and formulating the Twenty-One Demands on China in 1915
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1914–1916).
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After the Siemens scandal brought down the Yamamoto Gonnohyōe cabinet, the genrō, looking for a figure with popular appeal who could lead a "crushing blow against the Seiyūkai" party, once again turned to Ōkuma
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1898· 2 entries
Serving as prime minister, though it collapsed after only four months
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1898–1898).
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1897· 1 entry
Over disagreements on tax policy and cabinet appointments, with Ōkuma and his party withdrawing their support
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1896· 1 entry
As Foreign Minister in the second Matsukata cabinet
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1888· 2 entries
To work on treaty revision, but resigned after an assassination attempt by a nationalist in 1889 cost him his right leg
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The government, seeking to quell popular opposition and advance treaty revision, invited Ōkuma to return as Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kuroda Kiyotaka
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1884· 1 entry
Following a party split, Ōkuma resigned as party president, though he remained its guiding influence
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1881· 1 entry
Was ousted from the government by his rivals
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1877· 1 entry
Resorted to issuing ¥27 million in irredeemable paper money, which led to severe inflation
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1873· 1 entry
Published Japan's first national budget, an early attempt to bring transparency and control to government expenditures
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1870· 1 entry
Ōkuma became a sangi (councillor) and, with the support of Kido Takayoshi, became a central figure in the government's financial reforms
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1868· 2 entries
And rose to become Minister of Finance, a position in which he unified the nation's currency, created a national budget, and established the national mint
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Had gained commercial expertise through the Hizen bureaucracy and had met many of the young patriots who would form the nucleus of the new Meiji leadership
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1838· 2 entries
Born 1838-03-11.
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And was the residence of Ōkuma from his birth until he departed Saga for Tokyo in 1868
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