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Kido Takayoshi
Kido Takayoshi (1833–1877), also known as Katsura Kogorō, was a samurai of the Chōshū domain and one of the three great leaders of the Meiji Restoration. He negotiated the Satchō Alliance with Satsuma in 1866 and helped draft the Charter Oath of 1868. In the new government he pressed for the return of the domains to the emperor and their abolition in 1871, and he took part in the Iwakura Mission to the United States and Europe.
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