| Ōki Takatō 大木 喬任 | |
| Office: | President of the Privy Council of Japan |
| Term Start: | 30 October 1889 |
| Term End: | 1 June 1891 |
| Predecessor: | Ito Hirobumi |
| Successor: | Ito Hirobumi |
| Term Start2: | 8 August 1892 |
| Term End2: | 11 March 1893 |
| Predecessor2: | Ito Hirobumi |
| Successor2: | Yamagata Aritomo |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1832 |
| Birth Place: | Saga, Japan |
| Occupation: | Cabinet Minister |
, was a Japanese statesman during the early Meiji period. He was Governor of Tokyo in 1868 and a member of the Japanese Privy Council in 1889.[1]
Ōki was born into a samurai family in Saga, in Hizen province (present-day Saga prefecture). He studied at the domain school Kodokan, and promoted reform of the domain administration. During the Boshin War he was a leader in the Saga forces committed to the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate.
After the Meiji Restoration, he supervised the transfer of the imperial capital from Kyoto to Tokyo, and was appointed the first Governor of Tokyo.
In 1871, he became Education Minister and is credited with establishing Japan's modern educational system. In 1873, he became sangi (councillor) and in 1876, Justice Minister and was concerned with the punishment of the disgruntled ex-samurai involved in the Hagi Rebellion and the Shimpūren Rebellion. In 1880, he became chairman of the Genrōin . He also worked on developing Japan's civil code as the president of the ‘Civil Code Compiling Council’.
In 1884, he was elevated to the title of hakushaku (count) in the new kazoku peerage system.
From 1888 he served on the Privy Council, becoming chairman in 1889. Later he was appointed Justice Minister under the first Yamagata administration, and the Education Minister under the first Matsukata administration.
His eldest son, Ōki Enkichi was also a politician, and a cabinet member during the Taishō period.