Takahashi Homare

Takahashi Homare was born on 20 March 1867 in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.
In 1888, he went to study law in college. 
In 1894, he became an established politician in Tokyo. Takahashi was what some call old fashioned. While other politicians seeked to modernize Japan, Takahashi wanted to keep Japan in the Samurai age. He feared in the late 1800s that by the 1950s, Japan would have lost it's culture. He pushed for the legalization of carrying swords in public as he believed it was a part of Japanese culture. Takahashi was a believer in an isolationist country. 
He opposed Japan's militarization and the wars with China and Russia. Takahashi was different from other politicians. He never wore suits to meetings, he only wore traditional Japanese clothing as he believed it was important to preserve the Japanese cultural Identity.