Marquis Ōkuma Shigenobu (大隈 重信, 11 March 1838 – 10 January 1922); was a Japanese statesman and the 8th (30 June 1898 – 8 November 1898) and 17th (16 April 1914 – 9 October 1916) Prime Minister of Japan. Ōkuma was also an early advocate of Western science and culture in Japan, and founder of Waseda University.

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• 1 Early life
• 2 Meiji period political life
• 3 Taishō period political life
• 4 Notes
• 5 References
• 6 External links