大隈重信
In 1909, he supported the Pan-Asian Movement creating a group dedicated to the liberation of Asia from Western colonialism. From 1915-1916, Kōno was appointed Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce under the Ōkuma Shigenobu administration. Kōno died in 1923 at age74 and his grave is located at the temple of Gokoku-ji in Bunkyo, Tokyo.