Takatomi Senge

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Takatomi Senge
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Headquarters of the Izumo-taishakyo [en] in Shimane Prefecture .

He was the head priest at the Izumo-taisha shrine, and in 1882 he started a Shinto group called the Izumo-taishakyo [en].[1][2] Later in 1898, he created the Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., a political party to represent barons against the wealthier nobility

Political offices

Senge held many political offices in his life. He was a member of Japan's House of Peers, a group of nobles who were like the British House of Lords. He was also the Governor of Saitama Prefecture from 1894 to 1897, the Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture from 1897 to 1898, the Governor of Tokyo from 1898 to 1908 and the Minister of Justice in 1908.

References

  1. Miller, R.A. (1962). 現代日本文読本: Graded Lessons for Mastering the Written Language. Tuttle Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 9780804816472. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  2. Teeuwen, M.; Breen, J.; Inoue, N.; Mori, M. (2003). Shinto, a Short History. RoutledgeCurzon. p. 177. ISBN 9780415311793. Retrieved 2015-01-01.