伊藤博文(いとうひろぶみ)

いとうひろぶみ
noun (proper)
Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japan's first prime minister
proper-nounperson-namehistorypolitics
1. Itō Hirobumi, Meiji statesman
A statesman from Chōshū who became Japan's first prime minister in 1885 and led the drafting of the Meiji Constitution. He was assassinated in Harbin in 1909.
伊藤博文(いとうひろぶみ)は初代(しょだい)の総理大臣(そうりだいじん)だ。
Itō Hirobumi was the first prime minister.
昔(むかし)の千円札(せんえんさつ)の顔(かお)は伊藤博文(いとうひろぶみ)だった。
The face on the old 1,000-yen note was Itō Hirobumi.
伊藤博文(いとうひろぶみ)はヨーロッパで憲法(けんぽう)を学(まな)び、大日本帝国憲法(だいにっぽんていこくけんぽう)の作成(さくせい)を進(すす)めた。
Itō Hirobumi studied constitutions in Europe and led the drafting of the Meiji Constitution.

Common expressions

  • 初代(しょだい)内閣総理大臣(ないかくそうりだいじん): the first prime minister, the phrase that goes with his name in textbooks
  • 千円札(せんえんさつ): his portrait was on the 1,000-yen note from 1963 to 1984
  • 大日本帝国憲法(だいにっぽんていこくけんぽう): the Meiji Constitution of 1889

Cultural note

He was shot in Harbin by An Jung-geun, a Korean independence activist, and he is remembered very differently in Japan and in Korea.

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