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Otohiko Ichiki

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Otohiko Ichiki
10th governor of the Bank of Japan
In office
September 5, 1923 – May 10, 1927
Preceded byJunnosuke Inoue
Succeeded byJunnosuke Inoue
Minister of Finance of Japan
In office
June 12, 1922 – September 2, 1923
Prime MinisterKatō Tomosaburō
Preceded byKorekiyo Takahashi
Succeeded byJunnosuke Inoue
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
May 3rd, 1947 – May 2nd, 1950
Constituencynationwide 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(1872-05-07)May 7, 1872
Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
DiedFebruary 19, 1954(1954-02-19) (aged 81)
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Alma materTokyo 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b 原田道寛, ed. (1915). 大正名家録 (in Japanese). Japan: 二六社編纂局. p. 49.
  3. ^ 南日本新聞社, ed. (1969). 郷土人系 上 (in Japanese). Japan: 春苑堂書店. p. 94.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ James, Harold et al. (2002). The Role of Banks in the Interwar Economy, p. 254., p. 254, at Google Books
  8. ^ BOJ, List of Governors.

References

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  • 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
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1922–1923
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Bank of Japan
1928–1935
Succeeded by