大久保利通

大久保利通 （日文おおくぼとしみち／Ōkubo Toshimichi），初諱正助、一藏，號甲東。薩摩人，藩士利世長子。誕於文政十三年九月廿六日。

生平

明治二年七月，以倒幕勳授參議。四年八月，帝詔封利通為大藏卿，與岩倉具視、木戶孝允、伊藤博文等往泰西考察政治。及還，復授參議。六年，參議西鄉隆盛、江藤新平等謀征韓。利通陰合具視上奏，言武備不修，宜維新。十月，帝詔罷征韓議，隆盛、新平等忿之，遂致政。俄而遷內務卿，自是中外章奏皆決之於利通。七年二月，新平反，利通遣少將山田顯義討平之。既陷佐賀，新平等俱伏誅。十月，利通以日兵入臺事出使清國，訂《北京專條》，清國定給銀五十萬兩。十年，隆盛舉兵於鹿兒島，攻熊本。利通命中將山縣有朋、川村純義等引軍六萬往伐。九月，隆盛死，余黨潰降，天下莫不冤之。十一年五月十四日，隆盛黨島田一郎等刺利通於京師，創甚而卒，年四十有七。帝輟朝，追贈正二位右大臣，賜祭葬。

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