Iwakura Tomomi
Japanese politician (1825-1883) · Japan · On the map · Politicians · Died at 57
Iwakura Tomomi was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period. He was one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration, which saw the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate, the restoration of Japan's monarchy, and the abolition of feudalism, the domain system, and the samurai class.
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The Former Retreat of Tomomi Iwakura (岩倉具視幽棲旧跡) in Iwakura, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. It is open to the public for a fee. The building in the background is Iwakura Hospital.
Iwakura Mission. The head of the mission was Iwakura Tomomi, shown in the picture wearing traditional Japanese clothing of the samurai class including the distinctive hairstyle known as the chonmage.
Iwakura c. 1880s
Emperor Meiji visiting a sick Iwakura by Kita Renzō
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