Viscount 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]

Viscount Yatarō Mishima

Early life

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Mishima was born in Kagoshima Prefecture.[2]

In 1893, Mishima briefly married a daughter of Ōyama Iwao, whom he was forced to divorce when she caught tuberculosis. Their relationship was the basis for Kenjirō Tokutomi's popular 1899 novel The Cuckoo.[3]

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

Career

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During 1911–1913, Mishima was head of the Yokohama Specie Bank.[4]

Mishima was Governor of the Bank of Japan from February 28, 1913 to March 7, 1919.[5] As head of the bank, Mishima encouraged policies of monetary restraint.[6]

His sudden death in 1919 was unexpected.[7]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Masaoka, Naoichi. (1914). Japan to America, p. 127.
  2. ^ Bank of Japan (BOJ), 8th Governor
  3. ^ Nimura, Janice P. (2015). Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back (First ed.). New York. pp. 241–243. ISBN 978-0-393-07799-5. OCLC 891611002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Smitka, Michael. (1998). The Interwar Economy of Japan: Colonialism, Depression, and Recovery, 1910-1940, p. 30., p. 30, at Google Books
  5. ^ BOJ, List of Governors.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Metzler, p. 119., p. 119, at Google Books

References

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Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Bank of Japan
1913–1919
Succeeded by