Born into a family of chief-retainer rank in the Morioka domain of Mutsu (Iwate).
He went to Tokyo to study.
He became a newspaper reporter, writing on politics.
He joined the Foreign Ministry and worked as a diplomat.
Leaving the ministry, he became president of the Osaka Mainichi newspaper.
He joined the Rikken Seiyūkai founded by Itō Hirobumi.
He became Home Minister.
He became president of the Rikken Seiyūkai.
After the Rice Riots he became prime minister, forming the first true party cabinet with ministers drawn almost entirely from his party; holding no peerage, he was called "the commoner prime minister".
At Tokyo Station he was stabbed by a young man and lost his life.
Itō HirobumiHoshi TōruTerauchi MasatakeTakahashi KorekiyoKatō Tomosaburō
Yamamoto GonbeeTerauchi MasatakeTakahashi KorekiyoInukai TsuyoshiOzaki YukioKatō TakaakiKatō TomosaburōMakino Tomitarō
People of the Taishō period ・ People by period
Based on facts found in textbooks and biographies. Uncertain points are marked as such.