Count Enkichi Ōki (大木 遠吉 Ōki Enkichi, September 19 1871 – February 14 1926) was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period.
Ōki was born in Tokyo, Shizuoka Prefecture. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (hakushaku) under the kazoku peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the Kenkyukai, but soon switched his allegiance to the Rikken Seiyukai. He was appointed Justice Minister under the cabinet of Prime Minister Hara, a post which he also held under the succeeding Takahashi administration.[1]In 1923, he cooperated with Home Minister Tokonami Takejiro to introduce tightened anti-subversive legislature in response to increasing leftist agitation in the labor disputes, and the public emergence of the Japan Communist Party. [2] Ōki was subsequently Railroad Minister under the Kato and Kiyoura administrations. [3]
| Preceded by Takashi Hara |
Justice Minister May 1920 – Jun 1922 |
Succeeded by Okano Keijiro |
| Preceded by Motoda Hajime |
Railroad Minister Jun 1922 - Sep 1923 |
Succeeded by Yamanouchi Ichiji |