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"Prince Saionji Kinmochi (1849-1940). The Japanese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference did not have the Japanese prime or foreign ministers with them as they had only just been elected and had plenty to do back home. The delegation was instead led by Prince Saionji, the dashing 'kingmaker' of early 20th-century Japanese politics whose life spanned the arrival of Commodore Perry and his 'black ships', the Japanese civil war, the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, the First World War, the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles, and the rise of Japanese militarism." "Unlike many of the conservatives of his day, Saionji was a man with experience of international diplomacy and admiration for European culture. Brought up in the days of the last Shogun, he became an active supporter of Japan's new ruling regime, after the Shogun was overthrown in a civil war, and a leading figure in the post-Restoration reform movement. In 1869 he founded the institution that would become the Ritsumeikan University - literally, 'the place to establish one's destiny'. He was sent to France for nine years to investigate Western technology and philosophy, and served for a decade as a Japanese ambassador in Europe. Returning to Japan, he served twice as Minister of Education and later became prime minister before resigning to become a revered elder statesman."--Jacket.

Statesmen --- Saionji, Kinmochi, --- Saionji, Kimmochi, --- 西園寺公望, --- Japan --- Politics and government --- Paris Peace Conference --- Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) --- Conférence de la paix --- Conferenza di pace di Parigi --- Friedenskonferenz --- Konferencja Pokojowa w Paryżu --- Pa-li ho hui --- Paris. --- Pariser Friedenskonferenz --- Parisiin Rauhankonferenssia --- Parizhskai︠a︡ mirnai︠a︡ konferent︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Peace Conference at Paris --- Preliminary Peace Conference --- Versailles Peace Conference --- Peace Commission --- Kunfirāns-i Ṣulḥ-i Pārīs --- کنفرانس صلح پاريس --- Conferința de Pace de la Paris-Versailles --- Parīzes Miera konference --- Geschichte --- 1919-23 --- Japan--Politics and government--1912-1945. --- Saionji, Kinmochi, 1849-1940. --- Statesmen--Japan--Biography. --- J4600.70 --- J2284.70 --- J4810.70 --- Japan: Politics and law -- history -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, meiji, taishō --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō