Saionji

[ sahy-awn-jee ]

noun

1. Kim·mo·chi [keem, -maw-chee], 1849–1940, Japanese statesman.

Example Sentences

In the above sketches I have employed the titles of nobility while speaking of those celebrities, but it may be observed that they were, except Saionji, originally men of comparatively insignificant origin, and their titles are the gift of the emperor in recognition of the services rendered to their Imperial master and their beloved country.

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I will now give you a sketch of the life of Marquis Saionji, the leader of the Constitutional party, which is the greatest political organisation in and out of the Diet.

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Saionji, a sketch of the life of, 284.

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Marquis Saionji was a companion in his boyhood to the present emperor.

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The Army could feel that at last His Majesty would no longer receive only the moderate councils of mild Japanese elders like famed Prince Saionji, the Last of the Genro.

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