Ōkuma Shigenobu: The “Fourth Man” of Japan’s Modernization

A statue of Ōkuma Shigenobu at Waseda in Tokyo on “Homecoming Day” on October 22, 2023. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

A statue of Ōkuma at a memorial museum in his birthplace of Saga, Saga Prefecture. Photo taken on September 22, 2023. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

Meiji kara taishō no kiki o sukutta Ōkuma Shigenobu no kōseki: Gikai seiji o tsukuru kutō no michi