Takayuki Sasaki

Japanese: 佐々木高行 - ささきたかゆき

Born: November 12, 1830. Tosa, Seto
[Died] March 2, 1910, Tokyo. A politician from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period. A samurai of the Tosa clan. Commonly known as Sanshiro. As a high-ranking sonno-joi (revere the expulsion of the emperor) samurai of the clan, he was active in the political situation of the end of the Edo period while keeping a distance from the loyalist party. In 1867, together with Goto Shojiro and others, he persuaded the lord of the clan to recommend the restoration of imperial rule to the shogunate. He was appointed to the Meiji government and held important positions in the legal field, including counselor, vice governor of criminal law, and minister of justice. In 1870, he became a councilor, and the following year, minister of justice. He accompanied the Iwakura Mission to Europe to investigate the legal systems of various European countries. He did not join the Tosa faction when Itagaki Taisuke, a member of the conspiracy to conquer Korea, resigned from his post, and during the Seinan War, he suppressed a rebellion plot that broke out at the Risshisha Shrine in Tosa. He served as a samurai to the emperor, and later became a councilor and minister of public works in 1881. In 1888, he became a privy councilor. He was awarded the title of marquis. In his later years, he became the head of the education for Prince Akihito (later Emperor Taisho). Shigeru Tsuda is the author of "Meiji Emperor and His Ministers" (1928).

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Japanese:

[生]文政13(1830).11.12. 土佐，瀬戸
[没]1910.3.2. 東京
幕末，明治の政治家。土佐藩士。通称は三四郎。藩の尊攘派上層武士として勤王党とは一線を画しつつ幕末の政局に奔走。慶応3 (1867) 年，後藤象二郎らと藩主に説いて大政奉還を幕府に勧告させた。明治政府に登用されて参与，刑法副知事，刑部大輔と司法畑の重職を歴任。明治3 (70) 年参議，翌年司法大輔となり，岩倉遣外使節に随行してヨーロッパ諸国の司法制度を調査。征韓派の板垣退助ら土佐派が下野した際もこれに同調せず，西南戦争の際には土佐の立志社に起った反乱陰謀を弾圧した。天皇の侍補をつとめ，のち，1881年参議兼工部卿。 88年には枢密顧問官となった。侯爵を授けられた。晩年，明宮 (のちの大正天皇) の御教養向主任となった。津田茂著『明治聖上と臣高行』 (1928) がある。

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