Otohiko Ichiki
Otohiko Ichiki | |
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| 10th governor of the Bank of Japan | |
| In office September 5, 1923 – May 10, 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Junnosuke Inoue |
| Succeeded by | Junnosuke Inoue |
| Minister of Finance of Japan | |
| In office June 12, 1922 – September 2, 1923 | |
| Prime Minister | Katō Tomosaburō |
| Preceded by | Korekiyo Takahashi |
| Succeeded by | Junnosuke Inoue |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office May 3rd, 1947 – May 2nd, 1950 | |
| Constituency | nationwide district |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office September 21th, 1918 – May 2nd, 1947 | |
| Mayor of Tokyo City | |
| In office January 7th, 1928 – February 14th, 1929 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1872年05月07日)May 7, 1872 Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | February 19, 1954(1954年02月19日) (aged 81) Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Otohiko Ichiki (市来 乙彦, Ichiki Otohiko, May 7, 1872 – February 19, 1954) was a Japanese bureaucrat, politician, and central banker. He served as the minister of finance, the 10th governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the mayor of Tokyo City, and a member of the National Diet.
Early life and education
[edit ]Ichiki was born in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture.[1] He finished the local school, Middle School Zoshikan.[2] He entered the Higher Middle School Zoshikan of Kagoshima too,[2] but he dropped out for financial reason.[3] He went to Tokyo in 1889 and stayed in Inajiro Tajiri [ja]'s house as a live-in student (Mr.Tajiri was an economist and financial bureaucracy).[1] Ichiki finished the First Higher Middle School where was Tokyo in 1893.[4] He graduated College of Law, Imperial University and entered Japanese Ministry of Finance in 1896.[5]
Career
[edit ]In 1922-1923, Ichiki was briefly finance minister in the cabinet of Katō Tomosaburō.[6] As head of the Ministry of Finance, he was cautious in response to unsettled financial situation.[7] Ichiki was Governor of the Bank of Japan from September 5, 1923 through May 10, 1927.[8]
Notes
[edit ]- ^ a b 市来政尚 (1930). 三州名士録大鑑 上巻 (in Japanese). Japan: 三州名士録刊行会. pp. 157–164.
- ^ a b 原田道寛, ed. (1915). 大正名家録 (in Japanese). Japan: 二六社編纂局. p. 49.
- ^ 南日本新聞社, ed. (1969). 郷土人系 上 (in Japanese). Japan: 春苑堂書店. p. 94.
- ^ 第一高等学校一覧 自明治三十四年 至明治三十五年 (in Japanese). Japan: 第一高等学校. 1902. p. 160.
- ^ 市来 乙彦. 改訂 政治家人名事典 明治〜昭和 (in Japanese). Japan: 日外アソシエーツ. 2003.
- ^ Metzler, Mark. (2006). Lever of Empire: the International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan, p. 141., p. 141, at Google Books
- ^ James, Harold et al. (2002). The Role of Banks in the Interwar Economy, p. 254., p. 254, at Google Books
- ^ BOJ, List of Governors.
References
[edit ]- Metzler, Mark. (2006). Lever of Empire: the International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520244207; OCLC 469841628
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| Preceded by | Minister of Finance 1922–1923 |
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| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by | Governor of the Bank of Japan 1928–1935 |
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