page_title: Itagaki Taisuke
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Itagaki Taisuke / Biography / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Itagaki Taisuke in Kochi castle 日本語: 板垣退助像（高知城）
context_page_description: Count Itagaki Taisuke was a Japanese soldier, politician and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, which evolved into Japan's first political party. His image is on Japan's 1953 100-yen banknote.
context_section_description: Itagaki is credited as being the first Japanese party leader and an important force for liberalism in Meiji Japan. His portrait has appeared on the 50-sen and 100-yen banknotes issued by the Bank of Japan.
caption: Statue of Itagaki Taisuke in Kochi castle.
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