MARSHAL SAIGO TAKAMORI ” ” 202 MARQUIS YAMAGATA ” ” 219 COUNT AND COUNTESS OKUMA ” ” 246 (_From a Photograph by the Kinkodo Co., Tokio_) MARQUIS OYAMA ” ” 255 FUKUSAWA YUKICHI ” ” 268 MARQUIS KIDO ” ” 273 COUNT ITAGAKI ” ” 279 COUNT MATSUKATA ” ” 284 (_From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry_) ADMIRAL ENOMOTO ” ” 299 ADMIRAL TOGO ” ” 306 BARON SHIBUSAWA ” ” 315 MAKERS OF JAPAN I HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN At the head of the list of Makers of Modern Japan stands by right the name of the illustrious ruler, not merely in virtue of his imperial position, but of the supreme efforts which throughout his reign of thirty-eight years to the present time he has made to raise the status of his country among nations and to confer upon his subjects the blessings of enlightened government. His Majesty Mutsuhito, son of the Emperor Komei, succeeded to the throne of Japan in February 1867, when he was fourteen years and three months old, was crowned on the 13th October 1868, married the Princess Haruko on the 9th February 1869, and has issue a son (the Crown Prince Yoshi-hito) and four daughters, the Princesses Tsune, Kane, Fumi, and Yasu. The Crown Prince was born on the 31st August 1879, and was installed in this dignity on the Emperor’s birthday, 3rd November 1889, came of age and took his seat in the Upper House, in 1897, married on the 10th of May 1900 the Princess Sadako, daughter of Prince Kujo, and has issue two sons.