Kazue Shōda

Kazue Shōda (勝田 主計, Shōda Kazue^?, October 19 1869 – October 10 1948) was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji and Taishō periods.

Shōda was born in Matsuyama Domain, Iyo Province, as the 5th son of a poor samurai. The famous poet Masaoka Shiki and admiral Akiyama Saneyuki were his friends from childhood. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1895, and obtained a position at the Ministry of Finance.^[1] In 1915, he rose to the position of director of the Bank of Chosen. ^[2] He was appointed Finance Minister under the Terauchi^[3] and Kiyoura administrations, ^[4] and Education Minister under the Tanaka administration. In 1938, he was considered for the post of Home Minister under the 2nd Konoe administration, a somewhat surprising choice, given his age and lack of experience in the Home Ministry, and the nomination was rejected by Emperor Hirohito.

References

• Beasley. W.G. Japanese Imperialism 1894-1945. Oxford University Press (1991) ISBN 0198221681
• Metzler, Mark. Lever of Empire: The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan. University of California Press (2006). ISBN 0520244206

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