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Second Itō Cabinet

{{Short description|Japanese cabinet from 1892 to 1896}}

{{Infobox government cabinet|cabinet_name=Second Itō Cabinet|image=150px|cabinet_number=5th|jurisdiction=Japan|flag=Flag of Japan.svg|flag_border=true|incumbent=1892–1896|caption=Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi|state_head=Meiji|date_formed=August 8, 1892|date_dissolved=September 18, 1896|government_head_title=Prime Minister|government_head=Itō Hirobumi|government_head_history=|deputy_government_head=|state_head_title=Emperor|members_number=|total_number=24|last_election=|former_members_number=|political_party=Meiji oligarchy
Kokumin Kyōkai
Dōshi Seisha
Dai-Nippon Association|legislature_status=Minority|opposition_cabinet=|opposition_party=Liberal Party
Rikken Kaishintō
Dōmei Seisha|opposition_leader=|election=March 1894 general election
September 1894 general election|cabinet_type=|legislature_term=1892–March 1894
March–September 1894
September 1894–March 1898|budget=|advice_and_consent1=|incoming_formation=|outgoing_formation=|predecessor=First Matsukata Cabinet|successor=Second Matsukata Cabinet}}

The Second Itō Cabinet is the fifth Cabinet of Japan led by Itō Hirobumi from August 8, 1892, to August 31, 1896.

Cabinet

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|+ Second Itō Cabinet

! width="20%" scope="col" |Portfolio

! width="15%" scope="col" |Minister

! colspan="2" width="13.5%" scope="col" |Political party

! width="12.5%" scope="col" |Term start

! width="12.5%" scope="col" |Term end

style="text-align: left;" |Prime Minister

|Marquess Itō Hirobumi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 8, 1892

|August 31, 1896

rowspan="2" |Minister for Foreign Affairs

|Viscount Mutsu Munemitsu

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 8, 1892

|May 30, 1896

Marquess Saionji Kinmochi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 30, 1896

|August 31, 1896

rowspan="4" |Minister of Home Affairs

|Count Inoue Kaoru

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 8, 1892

|October 15, 1894

Viscount Yasushi Nomura

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|October 15, 1894

|February 3, 1896

Viscount Yoshikawa Akimasa

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|February 3, 1896

|April 14, 1896

Count Itagaki Taisuke

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1890)}};" |

|Liberal

|April 14, 1896

|August 31, 1896

rowspan="3" |Minister of Finance

|Viscount Watanabe Kunitake

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 8, 1892

|March 17, 1895

Count Matsukata Masayoshi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|March 17, 1895

|August 27, 1895

Viscount Watanabe Kunitake

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 27, 1895

|August 31, 1896

Minister of the Army

|Count Ōyama Iwao

| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Army)

|August 8, 1892

|August 31, 1896

rowspan="2" |Minister of the Navy

|Viscount Nire Kagenori

| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Navy)

|August 8, 1892

|March 11, 1893

Marquess Saigō Jūdō

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Kokumin Kyōkai}};" |

|Kokumin Kyōkai

|March 11, 1893

|August 31, 1896

rowspan="3" |Minister of Justice

|Count Yamagata Aritomo

| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Army)

|August 8, 1892

|March 11, 1893

colspan="3" |Vacant

|March 11, 1893

|March 16, 1893

Viscount Yoshikawa Akimasa

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|March 16, 1893

|August 31, 1896

rowspan="4" |Minister of Education

|Kōno Togama

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rikken Kaishintō}};" |

|Rikken Kaishintō

|August 8, 1892

|March 7, 1893

Inoue Kowashi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|March 7, 1893

|August 29, 1894

Viscount Yoshikawa Akimasa

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 29, 1894

|October 3, 1894

Marquess Saionji Kinmochi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|October 3, 1894

|August 31, 1896

rowspan="2" |Minister of Agriculture and Commerce

|Count Gotō Shōjirō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 8, 1892

|January 22, 1894

Viscount Enomoto Takeaki

| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Navy)

|January 22, 1894

|August 31, 1896

rowspan="3" |Minister of Communications

|Count Kuroda Kiyotaka

| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Army)

|August 8, 1892

|March 17, 1895

Viscount Watanabe Kunitake

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|March 17, 1895

|October 9, 1895

Shirane Sen'ichi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|October 9, 1895

|August 31, 1896

Minister of Colonial Affairs

|Viscount Takashima Tomonosuke

| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Army)

|April 2, 1896

|August 31, 1896

Minister without portfolio

|Count Kuroda Kiyotaka

| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Army)

|March 17, 1895

|August 31, 1896

Chief Cabinet Secretary

|Itō Miyoji

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 8, 1892

|August 31, 1896

rowspan="3" |Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

|Saburo Ozaki

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 8, 1892

|August 20, 1892

colspan="3" |Vacant

|August 20, 1892

|September 29, 1892

Suematsu Kenchō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|September 29, 1892

|August 31, 1896

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colspan="6" |Source:{{Cite web |title=Second Itō Cabinet |url=http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/rekidai/kakuryo/05.html |website=Prime Minister's Official Residence |access-date=2022-03-04 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123225844/http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/rekidai/kakuryo/05.html |url-status=live }}

Following Itō's resignation as Prime Minister, Kuroda Kiyotaka became acting Prime Minister from August 31 until September 18, 1896.

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! width="20%" scope="col" |Portfolio

! width="15%" scope="col" |Minister

! colspan="2" width="13.5%" scope="col" |Political party

! width="12.5%" scope="col" |Term start

! width="12.5%" scope="col" |Term end

style="text-align: left;" |Prime Minister

|Count Kuroda Kiyotaka

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Minister for Foreign Affairs

|Marquess Saionji Kinmochi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Minister of Home Affairs

|Count Itagaki Taisuke

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1890)}};" |

|Liberal

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Minister of Finance

|Viscount Watanabe Kunitake

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Minister of the Army

|Count Ōyama Iwao

|style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Army)

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Minister of the Navy

|Count Saigō Jūdō

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Kokumin Kyōkai}};" |

|Kokumin Kyōkai

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Minister of Justice

|Viscount Yoshikawa Akimasa

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Minister of Education

|Marquess Saionji Kinmochi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Minister of Agriculture and Commerce

|Viscount Enomoto Takeaki

|style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Navy)

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Minister of Colonial Affairs

|Viscount Takashima Tomonosuke

|style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" |

|Military (Army)

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Chief Cabinet Secretary

|Itō Miyoji

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

|Suematsu Kenchō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|August 31, 1896

|September 18, 1896

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References

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