Nagao Ariga
was a Japanese legal expert during the Meiji period. In addition to law, he also studied sociology at Tokyo Imperial University. During the Sino-Japanese war, he advised Field-Marshall Ōyama Iwao on issues of international law. In 1913 he accepted the invitation by Yuan Shikai, to prepare a draft constitution for the new Chinese republic, together with . Ariga doubted that China was ready to implement a liberal democracy and recommended a balance between monarchy and republic. Works (partial list)

 La Chine Et La Grande Guerre Europeenne Au Point de Vue Du Droit International D'Apres Les Documents Officiels Du Gouvernement Chinois
 La guerre sino-japonaise au point de vue du droit international
 La Guerre Russo-Japoinaise 1904-1905

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1860 births
1921 deaths
19th-century Japanese lawyers
20th-century Japanese lawyers
Laureates of the Imperial Prize
Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class