Word: matsukata
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Genro is a political institution without Western precedent. Possessing no constitutional authority but politically active until 1922, it then consisted of the four patriarchs who helped frame the Constitution of 1889?Marshal Prince Yamagata, Prince Saonji, Prince Matsukata, Marquis Okuma. No political move of any importance was made by the Emperor without consulting the Elder Statesmen. When their great age made traveling to the Palace difficult, Imperial messengers were sent to ask their advice. Prince Kimmochi Saonji, now 80 (he was born in the year of the California Gold Rush) is the last survivor. So great is his influence still...
...addition to the much-discussed French Moderns, there are two other interesting exhibitions current in London: Frank Brangwyn at Burlington House, and Paul Gauguin at the Leicester Galleries. The Brangwyn exhibition also was opened by Prime Minister MacDonald. Many of the canvases were loaned by the late Prince Matsukata of Tokio...
Died. Prince Massayoshi Matsukata, 89, famed "Elder Statesman" of Japan; at Tokyo. Prince Saionji is, then, the sole surviving Elder Statesman...