Viscount
Keizō Shibusawa
Minister of Finance of Japan
In office
9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946
Prime MinisterKijūrō Shidehara
Preceded byJuichi Tsushima
Succeeded byTanzan Ishibashi
16th Governor of the Bank of Japan
In office
18 March 1944 – 9 October 1945
Preceded byToyotarō Yūki
Succeeded byEikichi Araki
Personal details
Born(1896-08-25)August 25, 1896
Tokyo, Japan
DiedOctober 25, 1963(1963-10-25) (aged 67)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Viscount Keizō Shibusawa (渋沢 敬三, Shibusawa Keizō, August 25, 1896 – October 25, 1963) 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]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Bank of Japan (BOJ), 16th Governor
  2. ^ a b Tamaki, Norio. (1995). Japanese Banking: a History, 1859-1959, p. 187, p. 187, at Google Books
  3. ^ BOJ, List of Governors; Werner, Richard A. (2003). Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy, p. 147, p. 147, at Google Books
  4. ^ "Major Posts Filled in Jap Cabinet; Shaping Into Conservative Body," The Argus (Australia). 9 October 1945, p. 1; retrieved 2011-08-21
  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

References

Political offices Preceded byJuichi Tsushima Minister of Finance 1945–1946 Succeeded byTanzan Ishibashi Government offices Preceded byToyotarō Yūki Governor of the Bank of Japan 1944–1945 Succeeded byEikichi Araki(1st term)


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