Kazue Shōda

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Kazue Shōda
勝田 主計
Minister of Education
In office
25 May 1928 – 2 July 1929
Prime MinisterTanaka Giichi
Preceded byMizuno Rentarō
Succeeded byIchita Kobashi
Minister of Finance
In office
7 January 1924 – 11 June 1924
Prime MinisterKiyoura Keigo
Preceded byJunnosuke Inoue
Succeeded byHamaguchi Osachi
In office
16 December 1916 – 29 September 1918
Prime MinisterTerauchi Masatake
Preceded byTerauchi Masatake
Succeeded byTakahashi Korekiyo
President of the Bank of Chōsen
In office
14 December 1915 – 9 October 1916
Preceded byMorihiro Ichihara
Succeeded byShunkichi Minobe
Member of the House of Peers
In office
31 March 1914 – 3 August 1946
Nominated by the Emperor
Personal details
Born(1869-10-19)19 October 1869
Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Died10 October 1948(1948-10-10) (aged 78)
PartyIndependent
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

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

Biography

Shōda was born in Matsuyama Domain, Iyo Province on October 19 1869, as the 5th son of a poor samurai. The 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 president of the Bank of Chōsen.[2] He was appointed Finance Minister under the Terauchi[3] and Kiyoura Cabinets,[4] and Education Minister under the Tanaka Giichi Cabinet. In 1938, he was considered for the post of Home Minister under the Second Konoe Cabinet, a somewhat surprising choice, given his age and lack of experience in the Home Ministry, and the nomination was rejected by Emperor Hirohito.

He died on October 10, 1948.

References

  1. ↑ Metzler, Lever of Empire. Page 89
  2. ↑ Metzler, Lever of Empire. Page 94
  3. ↑ Beasley, Japanese Imperialism 1894–1945. page 117
  4. ↑ Metzler, Lever of Empire. Page 147
  • Beasley. W.G. Japanese Imperialism 1894-1945. Oxford University Press (1991) ISBN 0-19-822168-1
  • Metzler, Mark. Lever of Empire: The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan. University of California Press (2006). ISBN 0-520-24420-6