Fukuoka Takachika

Fukuoka Takachika

Fukuoka Takachika ( Japanese 福岡 孝悌 ; * March 3, 1835 in Kōchi ; † March 7, 1919 ) was a statesman in the Japanese Empire , who held numerous government offices and was raised to hereditary nobility ( Kazoku ) in 1884 as Vice Count (Shishaku) .

Life

Fukuoka Takachika

Fukuoka Takachika was in the reign of Tennō Kōmei together with Yoshida Tōyō , Gotō Shōjirō and Itagaki Taisuke representatives of the Kōchi clan from the Tosa-Han and representatives of the Tosa-Kinto party (Tosakin'nōtō) . He campaigned as a supporter of Sakamoto Ryōma in the course of the Meiji Restoration (Taisei Hōkan) for the restoration of political power to Tennō Meiji .

After the establishment of the new government of Emperor Meiji in 1868, he was involved with Soejima Taneomi in the formulation of the "Constitution of 1868", the Seitaisho . In the following years he took over numerous government offices such as civil servant for the political system, civil servant in the office for parliamentary investigations, civil servant for school education as well as senior councilor (San'yo) . In 1868 he was instrumental in the introduction of the oath on the charter, the so-called "oath in five articles" (Gokajō no Goseimon) . In 1870 he was transferred to the office of the Kōchi clan and dealt with the reform of the clan administration. In 1872 he returned to the central government and was initially Senior Vice Minister for Education (Monbu Taifu) and then Senior Vice Minister for Justice (Shiho Taifu) . In the course of the political discussion about the conquest of Korea , he resigned from this post in 1873.

Later Fukuoka Takachika was from March 23 to July 12, 1874 member of the Chamber to the Left (Sain) and then between April 25 and May 19, 1875 for the first time member of the Council of Elders ( Genrōin ) . He was again a member of the Genrōin from May 14 to April 7, 1881 and then held the office of Minister of Education (monbukyō) between April 7, 1881 and December 12, 1883 . In addition, between October 21, 1881 and its dissolution on December 22, 1885, he was a member of the State Council (Sangi) , which at that time included statesmen such as Ōki Takatō , Itō Hirobumi , Yamagata Aritomo , Saigō Tsugumichi , Kawamura Sumiyoshi , Inoue Kaoru , Yamada Akiyoshi , Matsukata Masayoshi , Ōyama Iwao and Sasaki Takayuki . At the same time was from December 12, 1883 to December 22, 1885 chairman of the advisory body of the legislature (Sanjiin) .

In 1884 Fukuoka Takachika was raised as a vice count (Shishaku) to the hereditary nobility ( Kazoku ) and was last between April 30, 1888 and his death on March 7, 1919, also a member of the Privy Council ( Sūmitsu-in ) .

Web links

• Entry in Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Fukuoka is the family name, Takachika the first name.