Meiji oligarchy

The Hambatsu (Japanese藩 阀, literally as " feudal clique ", alternative transcription Hanbatsu ), usually referred to in European languages ​​as Meiji oligarchy was the elite in politics and the military in Japan during the Meiji period.

They came mainly from the four former southern Japanese fief (han ) Satsuma, Chōshū, Tosa and Hizen or Kōchi or Saga - called together also Satchōtohi (萨 长 土肥) - who had already borne the overthrow of the Tokugawa and the Meiji Restoration, and retained until the early 20th century material impact on policy decisions.

Political leaders

• Enomoto Takeaki (1836-1908) - Bakufu (12 )
• Eto Shinpei (1834-1874) - Saga
• Gotō Shojiro (1838-1897) - Tosa
• Inoue Kaoru (1835-1915) - Chōshū
• Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919) - Tosa (10 )
• Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909) - Chōshū
• Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883) - Kuge ( 7)
• Katsu kaishu (1823-1899) - Bakufu
• Katsura taro (1848-1913) - Chōshū
• Kawaji Toshiatsu (1826-1925) - Satsuma (11 )
• Kido Takayoshi (1833-1877) - Chōshū ( 3)
• Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840-1900) - Satsuma
• Matsukata Masayoshi (1835-1924) - Satsuma
• Mori Arinori (1847-1892) - Satsuma
• Lee- Okubo (1830-1878) - Satsuma ( 1)
• Okuma Shigenobu (1838-1922) - Saga
• Ōyama Iwao (1842-1916) - Satsuma
• Saigo Takamori (1827-1877) - Satsuma
• Saigō Tsugumichi (1843-1902) - Satsuma (9 )
• Saionji Kimmochi (1849-1940) - Kuge
• Soejima Taneomi (1828-1905) - Saga
• Tani Tateki (1837-1911) - Tosa (13 )
• Yamada Akiyoshi (1844-1892) - Chōshū
• Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922) - Chōshū ( 2)

To the adjoining image: Dated in the cartridge to the September 19, 1877, shortly after the campaign against Saigo Takamori, some politicians and especially the military are mapped. Not available in the above list are Prince Arisugawa (4 ) and General Nozu Michitsura (8). To ( 5) There is no information on the woodcut.