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Ogawa Jihei VII

A garden creator whose name is synonymous with modern gardens in Japan. His professional name was “Ueji.” Born in a village on the outskirts of Kyoto (in present-day Nagaokakyo City), he became the adopted child of Uekiya Jihei, a gardening house with a history going back to the eighteenth century in Japan. He thus became Ogawa Jihei VII. After losing his adopted father at a young age, he taught himself the art of garden creation and learned many things through his encounters with Yamagata Aritomo and other famous figures of the Meiji period. Thus, he succeeded in establishing a new perspective on gardens and made full use of his talents by creating gardens (at places such as Murin-an, Kaiuso Villa—formerly Waraku-an—and the Heian Shrine) that applied modern structures such as the Lake Biwa Canal to Kyoto’s deep reservoir of history and culture and that could be appreciated with all five senses.

, –, 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 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 (–87) he dissolved the new political parties and repressed the agrarian movement. In , 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 to he opposed Hirobumi Ito, leader of the civilian party, and exercised influence through his protégé, Taro Katsura. As president of the privy council from to , he was the power behind the throne and the leading advocate for higher military appropriations.

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Prince Aritomo Yamagata (山縣 有朋, Yamagata Aritomo) (June 14, – February 1, ) was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and the third and ninth Prime Minister of Japan. A general and a member of the Japanese oligarchy, he is considered one of the architects of the military and political foundations of Meiji era Japan. Following the death of Ito Hirobumi, Yamagata was unquestionably the most powerful man in Japan from until his death in

Sent to Europe in by the government to research European military systems. Yamagata was strongly influenced by Prussian military and

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