Keizo Shibusawa Explained

Honorific Prefix:Viscount
Keizō Shibusawa
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Minister of Finance of Japan
Term Start:9 October 1945
Term End:22 May 1946
Primeminister:Kijūrō Shidehara
Predecessor:Juichi Tsushima
Successor:Tanzan Ishibashi
Office2:16th Governor of the Bank of Japan
Term Start2:18 March 1944
Term End2:9 October 1945
Primeminister2:Hideki Tojo
Kuniaki Koiso
Kantaro Suzuki
Naruhiko Higashikuni
Predecessor2:Toyotarō Yūki
Successor2:Eikichi Araki
Birth Date:25 August 1896
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Alma Mater:Tokyo Imperial University

Viscount was a Japanese businessman, central banker, philanthropist and folklorist. He was the 16th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

Early life

Shibusawa was born in Tokyo.[1] He was the grandson of Shibusawa Eiichi.[2]

Career

Shibusawa was Governor of the Bank of Japan from March 18, 1944 – October 9, 1945.[3] He left the bank to serve as Finance Minister in the brief post-war government of Kijūrō Shidehara in 1945-1946.[4]

The dissolution of the Japanese zaibatsu was implemented during the period in which he was head of the Ministry of Finance.[2]

Shibusawa was involved in the creation of the core collection of the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka.[5]

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References

Notes and References

  1. Bank of Japan (BOJ), 16th Governor
  2. Tamaki, Norio. (1995).
  3. BOJ, List of Governors; Werner, Richard A. (2003).
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12146006?searchTerm=&searchLimits=l-publictag=Keizo+Shibusawa "Major Posts Filled in Jap Cabinet; Shaping Into Conservative Body,"
  5. Izumi Koide. "Mining for Information Gold: How to get at it?" p. 2, Association for Asian Studies (AAS) conference, April 2, 2005; retrieved 2011-08-22