The thatched-roof former residence of Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first Prime Minister, where he lived from age 14 until the Meiji Restoration. Born to a low-ranking Choshu foot soldier's family, Ito studied at Shoka Sonjuku under Yoshida Shoin before becoming a central figure of the new Meiji government.
The former residence of Ito Hirobumi is a thatched-roof single-story dwelling that the family is said to have occupied after his father, Juzo, acquired the status of Choshu domain foot soldier in 1854. Hirobumi lived here from around age 14 until approximately 1868, the first year of the Meiji era. …
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