Hamao Arata

Japanese bureaucrat and politician (1849–1925)

In this Japanese name, the surname is Hamao.

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Junior First Rank Viscount Hamao Arata
濱尾新


8th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 30 March 1925 – 30 March 1925
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Hirata Tosuke
Succeeded by	Makino Nobuaki
President of the Japanese Privy Council
In office 13 January 1924 – 25 September 1925
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Kiyoura Keigo
Succeeded by	Hozumi Nobushige
Personal details
Born	12 May 1849 Toyooka, Tajima, Japan
Died	25 September 1925(1925年09月25日) (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan

Viscount Hamao Arata (濱尾新, 12 May 1849 – 25 September 1925) was a Japanese politician and educator of the Meiji period, originally hailing from Toyooka, Hyōgo. He was active in the Monbu-shō (present Monka-shō) and as the president of institutions such as Tokyo Imperial University.^[1] Hamao was also, very briefly, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan. He was ennobled as a baron on 23 September 1907 and advanced to viscount on 25 November 1921.

Family

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Viscount Shirō Hamao (1896–1935) - A novelist and lawyer. Born Shirō Katō, he later became an adopted son of Arata, and succeeded to the viscountcy.^[2]
Minoru Hamao (1925–2006) - The second son of Shirō, and an instructor and the Chamberlain of then-Crown Prince Akihito (later the 125th Emperor of Japan).
Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930–2007) - The third son of Shirō, and a Catholic cardinal.