Yatarō Mishima
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]
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 in 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
Notes
- 1 2 Masaoka, Naoichi. (1914). Japan to America, p. 127.
- ↑ Bank of Japan (BOJ), 8th Governor
- ↑ Smitka, Michael. (1998). The Interwar Economy of Japan: Colonialism, Depression, and Recovery, 1910-1940, p. 30., p. 30, at Google Books
- ↑ BOJ, List of Governors.
- ↑ Metzler, Mark. (2006). Lever of Empire: the International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan, pp. 87-88., p. 87, at Google Books
- ↑ Metzler, p. 119., p. 119, at Google Books
References
- 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
- 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. ISBN 9780815327066; OCLC 38270649
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by Korekiyo Takahashi |
Governor of the Bank of Japan 1913–1919 |
Succeeded by Junnosuke Inoue (1st term) |
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