Born into a doctor's family in Matano village, Sagami (Sagamihara, Kanagawa).
He studied at Keiō Gijuku.
He joined Ōkuma Shigenobu's Rikken Kaishintō.
For criticizing the government he was expelled from Tokyo, and toured the West to study.
He won a seat in the first House of Representatives election and went on to be elected 25 times over more than sixty years.
He became mayor of Tokyo, and later sent cherry trees to Washington, D.C.
With Inukai Tsuyoshi and others he led the movement to protect constitutional government, called "god of constitutional politics".
Prosecuted for criticizing wartime election methods, he was acquitted.
Defeated at the polls, he retired from the Diet and was later named honorary member.
He died, remembered as "the father of parliamentary politics".
Ōkuma ShigenobuInukai Tsuyoshi
Terauchi MasatakeTakahashi KorekiyoInukai TsuyoshiHara TakashiKatō TakaakiKatō TomosaburōMakino TomitarōNagaoka Hantarō
People of the Taishō period ・ People by period
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