If there is one thing in my life I can be proud of, it is that I was the first to reach Takasugi's side at that moment.
私の人生において、唯一誇れることがあるとすれば、このとき、一番に高杉さんのもとに駆けつけたことだろう。
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Itō Hirobumi
First Prime Minister of Japan (1841-1909) and chief drafter of the Meiji Constitution. Born a peasant in Choshu, he studied under Yoshida Shoin. Four-time PM and first Resident-General of Korea, he was killed at Harbin.
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Source: 伊藤博文の述懐 (功山寺挙兵を回想して、伝記諸書に記録)Unverified