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YAMAGATA, ARITOMO, PRINCE (1838— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 902 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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YAMAGATA, ARITOMO, See also:PRINCE (1838— ) , See also:Japanese See also:field-See also:marshal, was See also:born in Choshu. He began See also:life as an See also:ordinary samurai and See also:rose steadily in reputation and See also:rank, being created a See also:count in 1884, a See also:marquess in 1895 (after the See also:war with See also:China) and a prince in 1907 (after the war with See also:Russia). He twice held the See also:post of premier, and was the See also:leader of Japanese conservatism, being a staunch opponent of party cabinets.

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