monarch predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party profession office native_name birth_date term_start signature image article_title term_end name restingplace
meiji meiji itō hirobumi itō hirobumi matsukata masayoshi sanjō sanetomi -lrb- acting -rrb- 23 august 1900 shinyashiki tōri-chō , kagoshima-jōka , satsuma domain , japan tokyo , japan independent lieutenant general , politician , cabinet minister 2nd prime minister of japan 黑田 清隆 9 november 1840 august 31 , 1896 april 30 , 1888 kurodak kao.png kiyotaka kuroda formal.jpg kuroda kiyotaka
 september 18 , 1896 acting october 25 , 1889 kuroda kiyotaka aoyama cemetery , tokyo
kuroda kiyotaka

count , also known as , was a japanese politician of the meiji era .
he was the second prime minister of japan from april 30 , 1888 to october 25 , 1889 .
