Itagaki Taisuke

Count Itagaki Taisuke 板垣 退助
Born	(1837-05-21)May 21, 1837 Tosa Domain, Japan
Died	July 16, 1919(1919-07-16) (aged 82) Tokyo, Japan[citation needed]
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Politician, Cabinet Minister
Japanese name
Kanji	板垣 退助
Hiragana	いたがき たいすけ
Katakana	イタガキ タイスケ
Transcriptions Romanization Itagaki Taisuke

Count Itagaki Taisuke (板垣 退助, 21 May 1837 – 16 July 1919) was a Japanese politician. He was a leader of the "Freedom and People's Rights Movement" and founded Japan's first political party, the Liberal Party.