Last Genro
Author | : Bunji Omura |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2013-10-28 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781136198656 |
ISBN-10 | : 1136198652 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Download or read book Last Genro written by Bunji Omura and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005, but published originally in 1938 on the eve of the Second World War, this work focuses on the last member of a distinguished group of genros, or elder statesmen, who participated in the wars of the Meiji restoration and in 1889 under Emperor Meiji, drew up the Imperial Constitution on which the Japanese political system was based. Prince Saionji was the president of the Privy Council, the second president of the Seyukai party, twice Prime Minster and Japan's Chief Delegate to the Paris Peace Conference.