Kido Takayoshi

Kido Takayoshi (木戸孝允), also referred as Kido Koin (1833-77) was a Japanese politician during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji Restoration. During the shogunate he was known as Katsura Kogorō (桂小五郎). He used the alias Niibori Matsusuke (新堀松輔 Niibori Matsusuke) when he worked against the shogun.

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Photograph of Kido

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Selected Diary Entries of Kido

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