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Saionji

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[sahy-awn-jee] / ˈsaɪ ɔnˌdʒi /

noun

  1. Kimmochi 1849–1940, Japanese statesman.


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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

To avert an overthrow of the Japanese Constitution, an upset which loomed as a distinct possibility, the aged Prince Saionji came clop-clopping on his wooden sandals back into Japan's political arena last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither the Army nor the Navy was eager to guard the Last of the Genro or "Elder Statesmen," famed Prince Kimmochi Saionji, for many years Japan's great moderator.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also new to most U. S. eyes are old shots dug out of Japanese film libraries of Prince Saionji coming & going between his Tokyo home and the Imperial Palace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of Japan's delegates, the Marquis Saionji and Baron Makino, little need be said, seeing that their qualifications for their task were demonstrated by the results.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

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