Ito Hirobumi - Japan's First Prime Minister and Father of the Meiji ConstitutionAuthor :
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Published : Friday 29 July 2016
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A brilliant and influential statesman, Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909) was the first prime minister of Japans modern state. This biography focuses especially on Itos thought and vision for Japans modernisation. It outlines Itos life: the son of a poor farmer, who studyed in England and returned convinced that the only viable path for Japan was nation building by introducing Western civilisation. From then on, Ito became a powerful force behind the construction of the reformed Japanese state, establishing the 1889 Meiji Constitution and founding a new type of constitutional party which became the Liberal Democratic Party, dominating post-war Japanese politics.
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