20 hours ago · Among them were Ōkubo Toshimichi and Saigō Takamori from Satsuma, as well as Kido Takayoshi, Ito Hirobumi, and Yamagata Aritomo from Chōshū. Political and social changes. The Meiji government abolished the Edo class structure and replaced the feudal domains of the daimyōs with prefectures.
One of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration, regarded as one of the main founders of modern Japan
(26 September 1830 – 14 May 1878) was a Japanese statesman and one of the Three Great Nobles regarded as the main founders of modern Japan. Ōkubo was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain and joined the movement to overthrow the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. Upon the founding of the new Empire of Japan, Ōkubo became a leading member of the Meiji Restoration... Wikipedia
