Meiji-era leaders

(明治) These were leading figures in the [Meiji Restoration]? when the Japanese emperors retook power from the Tokugawa shoguns. Some of them went on to become Prime Ministers of Japan.

1 [Okubo Toshimichi]? (1830-1878)
2 [Kido Takayoshi]? (1833-1877)
3 [Saigo Takamori]? (1827-1877)
4 [Iwakura Tomomi]? (1825-1883)
5 [Ito Hirobumi]? (1841-1909)
6 [Kuroda Kiyotaka]? (1840-1900)
7 [Matsukata Masayoshi]? (1835-1924)
8 [Oyama Iwao]? (1842-1916)
9 [Saigo Tsugumichi]? (1843-1902)
10 [Yamagata Aritomo]? (1838-1922)
11 [Inoue Kaoru]? (1835-1915)
12 [Saionji Kinmochi]? (1849-1940)