Yamada Akiyoshi
Yamada Akiyoshi | |
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山田 顕義 | |
Yamada Akiyoshi | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office December 22, 1885 – June 1, 1891 | |
| Prime Minister | Itō Hirobumi Kuroda Kiyotaka Yamagata Aritomo Matsukata Masayoshi |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Lord of Justice) |
| Succeeded by | Tanaka Fujimaro |
| Lord of Justice | |
| In office December 12, 1883 – December 25, 1885 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Ōki Takatō |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Minister of Justice) |
| Lord of Home Affairs | |
| In office October 21, 1881 – December 12, 1883 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Matsukata Masayoshi |
| Succeeded by | Yamagata Aritomo |
| Lord of Public Works | |
| In office September 10, 1879 – February 28, 1880 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Inoue Kaoru |
| Succeeded by | Yamao Yōzō |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office July 10, 1890 – April 1, 1892 | |
| Member of the Genrōin | |
| In office March 5, 1878 – September 10, 1879 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 18, 1844 |
| Died | November 11, 1892 (aged 47) |
| Resting place | Gokoku-ji, Tokyo, Japan |
| Citizenship | Japanese |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | Shimonoseki Campaign Coup of August 18, 1863 Kinmon incident Kozan-ji uprising Second Chōshū expedition |
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Count Yamada Akiyoshi (山田 顕義; November 18, 1844 – November 11, 1892) was a Japanese politician, samurai, and one of the early leaders of the Meiji Restoration. He served as Minister of Justice from 1885 to 1891. In his youth he was commonly known as Yamada Ichinojō; however, he changed his name frequently during the Bakumatsu period.