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Yamagata Aritomo was a Japanese soldier and statesman who exerted a strong influence in Japan's emergence as a formidable military power at.
Prince Yamagata Aritomo was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1889 to 1891, and from 1898 to 1900.

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Yamagata, Aritomo

, 1838–1922, Japanese soldier and statesman, chief founder of the modern Japanese army. A samurai of Choshu, he took part in the Meiji restoration. He studied military science in Europe and returned in 1870 to head the war ministry. Strongly influenced by Prussian military and political ideas and favoring military expansion abroad and authoritarian government at home, he supported Japanese military control of Taiwan, Korea, and Manchuria. As home minister (1883–87) he dissolved the new political parties and repressed the agrarian movement. In 1900, while premier, he ruled that only an active military officer could serve as war or navy minister, a rule that gave the military control over any cabinet. From 1900 to 1910 he opposed Hirobumi Ito, leader of the civilian party, and exercised influence through his protégé, Taro Katsura. As president of the privy council from 1909 to 1922, he was the power behind the throne and the leading advocate for higher military appropriations.

See R. F. Hackett, (1971).

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Yamagata Aritomo

In this Japanesename, the family name is Yamagata.

His Excellency Yamagata Aritomo

In office November 8, 1898 – October 19, 1900
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Ōkuma Shigenobu
Succeeded by	Itō Hirobumi
In office December 24, 1889 – May 6, 1891
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Sanjō Sanetomi(Acting)
Succeeded by	Matsukata Masayoshi
Born	(1838-06-14)June 14, 1838 Kawashima, Japan
Died	February 1, 1922(1922-02-01) (aged 83) Odawara, Japan
Political party	Independent
Awards	Order of the Golden Kite(1st class) Order of the Rising Sun(1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon) Order of the Chrysanthemum Member of the Order of Merit (United Kingdom) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (United Kingdom)
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch/service	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1868–1905
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	Boshin War Satsuma Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War

Yamagata Aritomo

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Yamagata Aritomo

Japanese military commander and prime minister (1838–1922)

In this Japanese name, the surname is Yamagata.

PrinceYamagata Aritomo (山縣有朋, 14 June 1838 – 1 February 1922) was a Japanesepolitician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1889 to 1891, and from 1898 to 1900. He was also a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior courtiers and statesmen who dominated the politics of Japan during the Meiji era. As the Imperial Japanese Army's inaugural Chief of Staff, he was the chief architect of its nationalist and reactionary ideology,^[1] which has led some historians to consider him the "father" of Japanese militarism.^[2]^{[additional citation(s) needed]}

Yamagata Aritomo was born in the Chōshū Domain to a low-ranking samurai family, and after the opening of Japan in 1854 became active in the movement to overthrow the shogunate. As a member of the new government after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, he went overseas to study military systems, and from 1873 headed the Army Ministry. Yamagata was instrument