# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/okuma-shigenobu
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:55.589Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/okuma-shigenobu"
name: "Ōkuma Shigenobu"
slug: "okuma-shigenobu"
description: "Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu was a Japanese statesman who was a leading figure in the Meiji and Taishō eras of Japan, serving as Prime Minister in 1898, and from 1914 to 1916. A key advocate for the adoption of Western science and culture in Japan, Ōkuma was a central figure in the country's modernization. He founded the political party Rikken Kaishintō and was an early proponent of parliamentary democracy. He is also the founder of Waseda University."
tagline: "Japanese politician (1838-1922)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shigenobu_Okuma_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1838-03-11"
deathDate: "1922-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump