Saionji
Americannoun
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Prince Saionji drove through the Cherry Village Gate, gained the moated island upon which His Majesty dwells in the heart of Tokyo and came obsequiously into the Presence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prince Konoye led a hot youth but was early marked for advancement by potent old Prince Saionji, now the 87-year-old Last of the Genro and chief adviser to the Throne.
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Thus the Prince Saionji sequence was briefly filled out in Manhattan by a helpful Japanese whose resemblance to the Last of the Genro is so close that few laymen can detect the synthetic bit.
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Cultured, aristocratic, fragile and 83 years old, Prince Saionji conferred last week with half a hundred Japanese notables, his ancient brain cells turning over slowly what they said.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such a Cabinet was that of Prince Katsura, who, in turn, after three years' tenure of office, stepped down quietly in August, 1911, to make way for the Constitutionists, under Marquis Saionji.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
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