Yūki Toyotarō

Yūki Toyotarō

Yūki Toyotarō ( Japanese 結 城 豊 太郎 ; born May 24, 1877 in Nan'yō ( Yamagata Prefecture ); died August 1, 1951 ) was a Japanese financial professional, finance minister, president of the Bank of Japan .

life and work

Yūki Toyotarō, born in Nan'yō Prefecture into a sake brewery family, graduated from Tokyo University. In 1903 he joined the Bank of Japan . He worked as a manager of various branches, u. a. in New York, and eventually became director. In 1921 he joined the industrial conglomerate Yasuda Zaibatsu . In 1930 he became president of the "Industrial Bank of Japan" (日本 興業 銀行, Nihon Kōgyō Ginkō), in 1937 he was only briefly president of the "Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry" (日本 商 工 会議 所; Nihon Shōkō Kaigijo) from January to February, because he then became finance minister in the Hayashi cabinet , which was only in office until June. Yūki then became a member of the manor and served as governor of the Bank of Japan until 1944.

During the Pacific War , Yūki worked to expand the ammunition industry, formulated and promoted financial and monetary policy during the war.

In 1948 he became high priest at the Yūki Shrine in Tsu , which is dedicated to a member of a probably unrelated noble family Yūki .

Remarks

1. ↑ The shrine was built in 1824 by the head of Tsu- Han , daimyo Tōdō Takazawa (藤 堂 高 兌; 1781–1825), in honor of Yūki Munehiro (結 城 宗 広; 1266–1339).

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Yūki Toyotarō . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1132.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Yūki is the family name, Toyotarō the first name.