Legacy
Itagaki is credited as being the first Japanese party leader and an important force for liberalism in Meiji Japan. He was elevated to the peerage posthumously, and given the rank of hakushaku (count).
His portrait has appeared on the 50-sen and 100-yen banknotes issued by the Bank of Japan.
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