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Prince Matsukata Masayoshi was born in Kagoshima, Japan on February 25, 1835.
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Prince Matsukata Masayoshi was born in Kagoshima, Japan on February 25, 1835.
As a youth, Matsukata studied in the schools of the powerful Satsuma clan, to which his family belonged.
He fought in the Satsuma-Choshu armies, which overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate and paved the way for the Meiji Restoration of 1867. Matsukata became an administrative adviser in 1870 and a treasury adviser in 1871; he was also concerned with the issuance of Japanese bank notes in 1884. From 1890 to 1898 three members of the genro (elder statesmen)--Ito, Yamagata, Matsukata--dominated all cabinets; Matsukata held the premiership twice (1891-1892; 1896 - 1898), as well as the finance ministry and home ministry. His Satsuma clique openly controlled the Japanese navy.
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Matsukata had many children (at least 13 sons and 11 daughters) and grandchildren. It is said that Emperor Meiji asked him how many children he had; but Masayoshi was unable to give an exact answer.
