Yatarō Mishima

Yatarō Mishima (三島彌太郎, Mishima Yatarō^?, May 4, 1867 – March 7, 1919) was a Japanese businessman, central banker and the 8th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Viscount Mishima was a member of Japan's House of Peers.^[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References

Early life

Mishima was born in Kagoshima Prefecture.^[2]

In 1894-1900 he studied at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he earned a M.A. degree.^[1]

Career

During 1911-1913, Mishima was head of the Yokohama Specie Bank.^[3]

Mishima was Governor of the Bank of Japan from February 28, 1913—March 7, 1919.^[4] As head of the bank, Mishima encouraged policies of monetary restraint.^[5]

His sudden death in 1919 was unexpected.^[6]

See also

• Michiharu Mishima

Notes

References

• Metzler, Mark. (2006). Lever of Empire: the International Gold Standard and the Crisis of crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press. 10-ISBN 0520244206/13-ISBN 9780520244207; OCLC 469841628
• Masaoka, Naoichi. (1914). Japan to America: A Symposium of Papers by Political Leaders and Representative Citizens of Japan on Conditions in Japan and on the Relations Between Japan and the United States. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons (Japan Society). OCLC 256220
• Smitka, Michael. (1998). The Interwar Economy of Japan: Colonialism, Depression, and Recovery, 1910-1940. New York: Garland. 10-ISBN 0815327064/13-ISBN 9780815327066; 10-ISBN 0815327048/13-ISBN 9780815327042; OCLC 38270649

Government offices
Preceded by Korekiyo Takahashi	Governor of the Bank of Japan 1913-1919	Succeeded by Junnosuke Inoue (1st term)

Persondata
Name	Mishima, Yataro
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 4, 1867
Place of birth	Kagoshima Prefecture
Date of death	March 7, 1919
Place of death