Who are the four outstanding reformists in Japan?

I've only heard of three reform heroes:

Saigō Takamori

Among the founders of Meiji Restoration, Saigō Takamori, Kubo Junyi and Kimura Longji played the most important roles. These three people are also known as the "three outstanding reformers". Among them, Saigō Takamori's personality is the most popular among Japanese.

Saigō Takamori was born in Zheng Wen X on February 7th, 65438 (1827). He is the eldest son of Ji Bingwei in Nishimura, Satsuma (Kagoshima Prefecture), and his baby's name is Xiaoji. Because of his poor family, 18 years old, he worked as a "county library assistant" to subsidize his family. On the other hand, I studied the Golden Lu Si with Okubo Yizang (Li Tong) and Youcun Zhai Jun (Yamada Xinyi), and studied Yangming studies, and went to Zen without a Zen master. 28-year-old (1854) went to Edo with Tsunami, a vassal island. At that time, it was the succession of generals, and the whole country was divided into two factions: those who supported Tokugawa Yoshinobu and those who supported Tokugawa Jiamao. Saigō Takamori joined the Qingxi School and ran around. In the fifth year of Anzheng (1858), Saigō Takamori escorted the monks investigated by the shogunate back to China because of Anzheng Prison (a prison that supported Tokugawa Yoshinobu elements during Anzheng's reign). I didn't expect Satsuma to pursue them, so they joined Jinjiang Bay. According to the moon, Long Sheng survived and was sentenced to exile.

1864 after returning to Samoa, Saigō Takamori continued to exert his destructive power in the closing movement. 1868, Longsheng served as the staff of the conquering governor. Under the negotiation with Katsuya, he entered Edo City without bloodshed. However, Saigō Takamori quickly retreated at this time and returned to his hometown of Satsuma. Because he thinks he can't stay in the central government and hold a position higher than the vassal. Until Edo Kaicheng, he was the best leader representing the reformists of the lower samurai. He treats fame and fortune like dirt, treats death like death, and does not buy fertile land for his children and grandchildren. However, under the reform of the reform government, the life of the lower samurai became increasingly poor. After the conscription order was implemented, the samurai's military power was lost again. In order to break the deadlock, Saigō Takamori came up with the idea of "recruiting". He volunteered to be the ambassador to North Korea, but was opposed by Iwakura Tomomi, ōkubo Toshimichi and others. In Meiji 10 (1877), private school students and junior samurai in Kagoshima established Saigō Takamori as commander-in-chief and mobilized troops to rebel against the government. History is called the Southwest War. Saigō Takamori was defeated and died by the sword.

Kubo Toshimichi

Jiu Baojunyi was born in Tianbaoyuan (1830), 10 in August. He is the eldest son of Okubo Jiemen, the Lord of Satsuma (Kagoshima Prefecture). Youming Zhu Zheng was later renamed Yizang. He and Saigō Takamori are not only fellow villagers, but also young soldiers from poor families. However, their personalities and political careers are completely different. Xixiang has a clear distinction between likes and dislikes, is enthusiastic and sometimes takes unreasonable actions. On the other hand, Okubo is calm and decisive, and always holds a realistic political attitude. Although Xixiang won the love of ordinary people, it ended in tragedy. Although Okubo was revered, he was at the peak of power all his life.

In the fourth year of Meiji (187 1), Kubo Junyi was promoted to finance minister and devoted himself to internal affairs construction. In the same year, he served as deputy minister of Yancang delegation and traveled around Europe and America. When I visited Europe, I met German Chancellor Bismarck and was greatly influenced by him. 1873, he heard Xixiang and others' fierce claims against North Korea and immediately returned to China. He stood on the same front with Iwakura Tomomi, strongly opposed to recruiting Korea, and broke with his long-time friend Xixiang. After the resignation of Han Pai, Okubo, who is also the Minister of the Interior, became the core figure of the government and vigorously promoted the industrial production policy. Although he is autocratic, he has no regional concept and uses a large number of capable talents. Meiji11(1878) On May 4th, 2004, due to dictatorship, he was assassinated by Ichiro Teru Shimada and others. At the age of 49.

Kato Ryuji (Kwai Kogoro)

Kimura Longji was born on June 26th in Tianbao No.4 (1833). At that time, it was said that people born in that year, although gifted, could not achieve great things. He is the son of a vassal and Tian Changjing in Changzhou (Shankou County). He was called Xiaowulang and later became the adopted son of Wei, a soldier of Gui Jiulang. When I was a child, I was weak and sick, which led to poor health and neurasthenia in my later years. He/Kloc-joined Yoshida Shōin at the age of 0/7. At the age of 20, I went around to learn from teachers, and studied kendo, shipbuilding and western learning successively. 1850, joined the anti-foreign movement of respecting the king. Kimura Koji not only wrote the Five Oaths of Meiji Yuan (1868), but also played a central role in "restoring official history" and "abolishing feudal manor". Meiji IV (187 1) visited Europe and America with Iwakura Tomomi and served as the plenipotentiary deputy envoy. 1873 returned to China and suggested that the government formulate a constitution. The following year, he also served as Minister of Education. Although Muhu and Okubo advocated "conquering Korea" from the beginning, they changed their ways four years after Meiji and advocated that internal governance was superior to external development, so they began to oppose the invasion of North Korea and Taiwan Province. Although Woody is an idealistic and enlightened politician, he is narrow-minded, so no one follows him. They followed Okubo together with Noue Kaoru and Ito Bowen, who were born in Changzhou. Meiji 10( 1988) died on May 26th at the age of 45.