Proper noun
Saionji (plural Saionjis)
A surname from Japanese.
However, his resignation was part of a “back door deal” brokered by Hara Takashi to alternate power between Saionji and Hara. Source: Internet
The highest honour in the Japanese honours system, the Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, has only been conferred upon select Prime Ministers and eminent statesmen; the last such award to a living Prime Minister was to Saionji Kinmochi in 1928. Source: Internet