Koyata Torio

Japanese: 鳥尾小弥太 - とりお・こやた

Year of death: April 13, 1905 (Meiji 38)
Year of birth: 1848.1.10 (12.5.1848)
An army officer and politician during the Meiji period. His pen name was Tokuan. He was the eldest son of Nakamura Takayoshi, a samurai of the Choshu (Hagi) domain. He was expelled by his parents for being violent and reckless, and took the name Torio. In 1858 (Ansei 5), he became a disciple of Egawa Tarozaemon, and in 1863 (Bunkyu 3), he joined the Kiheitai. During the Boshin War, he formed the Torio Unit and fought in various places. In 1870 (Meiji 3), he was in charge of military reforms in the Kishu (Wakayama) domain, and then joined the Ministry of War. In 1871, he became a major general and director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, and in 1872, he became commander-in-chief of the Osaka Garrison. From 1876 to 1882, he was director of the General Staff. During the Satsuma Rebellion (1877), he was in charge of logistics and supply as the army's administrative officer at the temporary residence. From 1817 to 1818, he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard, but did not attend service; when the scandal over the transfer of Hokkaido Development Agency property occurred in 1819, he petitioned with Tani Kanjo and others to reconsider the transfer and to establish a "Constitutional Founding Assembly," and thereafter strengthened his criticism of clan factions. From 1819 to 1920, he was Director-General of the Cabinet Statistical Board, and from 1921 to 1922, he made a business trip to Europe, and in 1926, he founded the Nippon Kokukyo Daidosha and organized a conservative, centralist faction. In 1922, he opposed Foreign Minister Okuma Shigenobu's proposed treaty revision, criticizing it as "the appointment of foreign judges to the Supreme Court being unconstitutional," admonishing Okuma to resign, and was also reprimanded for participating in a private opposition rally. From 1923 to 1928, he was a member of the House of Peers.

(Masanobu Taura)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：明治38.4.13(1905)
生年：弘化4.12.5(1848.1.10)
明治期の陸軍軍人,政治家。号は得庵。長州(萩)藩士中村敬義の長男。乱暴,剽悍のため父母から放逐,自ら鳥尾と名乗る。安政5(1858)年江川太郎左衛門の門下となり,文久3(1863)年奇兵隊に入る。戊辰戦争では鳥尾隊を編成して各地に転戦した。明治3(1870)年紀州(和歌山)藩の兵制改革を担当したあと兵部省に出仕。4年陸軍少将,陸軍省軍務局長などを経て,7年大阪鎮台司令長官。9～11年参謀局長。西南戦争(1877)では行在所陸軍事務取扱として兵站輜重を担当した。12～13年近衛都督となるが出仕せず,14年開拓使官有物払下げ事件が起こると,谷干城らと払下げの再議,「国憲創立議会」の開設を建白,以後藩閥批判の立場を強めた。15～18年内閣統計院長,19～20年ヨーロッパに出張,21年には日本国教大道社を設立して保守中正派を組織した。22年大隈重信外相の条約改正案に反対して,「大審院における外国人判事の任用は憲法違反」と非難,大隈に辞職を勧告,また民間の反対集会に参加したため戒諭された。23～28年貴族院議員。

(田浦雅徳)

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