維い新しんの三さん傑けつ

expression, noun

three great nobles of the Meiji Restoration

Refers specifically to the three statesmen Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori, and Kido Takayoshi, who were instrumental in the Meiji Restoration. A historical term used in discussions of modern Japanese history.

• 維い新しんの三さん傑けつは、明めい治じ維い新しんの中ちゅう心しん人じん物ぶつとして知しられている。

  The three great nobles of the Restoration are known as central figures of the Meiji Restoration.