The Genro statesmen were a group of elders who collectively rules Japan, beginning at the end of the Meiji Restoration (around 1868) and ending in 1932. These new leaders were all "westernizers" and they modernized the Japanese society ever more when they came to power. A cabinet was first assembled in 1885, although the statesmen had been acting together since 1881, and the genro statesmen drafted a Constitution in 1889. The genro were the also ones to to choose the prime ministers of Japan. The statesmen ruled Japan successfully for twenty years, until they gave away their leadership in 1901. During its prime, this system worked very well, but after a few decades, a new system consisting of four prime ministers and court officials took over.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-genro.html
Who were the Genro Statesmen specifically? Are there any of them who stood out and made a difference in Japan? I like how this was concise because it got all of your information in without rambling on and on about something that doesn't make sense.
ReplyDeleteThey were similar to our Founding Fathers. They led Japan together from the end of the Meiji Restoration until a new form of government was put in place in 1932. I added a list of the Statesmen into the blog above.
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